Bismuth and Erbium Co-doped Optical Fiber for a White Light Fiber Source

Dawei Song, Jianzhong Zhang, Shuo Fang, Weimin Sun, Zinat M. Sathi, Yanhuo Luo, Gang-Ding Peng

1Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China 2School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, line NSW, Australia.
Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, line NSW, Australia.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2013.32B042                

Abstract

We demonstrate a white light fiber source based on Bismuth and Erbium co-doped fiber and a single 830nm laser diode pump. The light spectral intensity from 1100 to 1570nm is over -45dBm, which provide ~40dB dynamic range for an OSA based spectral measurement.

Keywords

Bi/Er Co-doped Fiber; White Light Sources; Optical Spectral Measurement

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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