TITLE:
Bismuth and Erbium Co-doped Optical Fiber for a White Light Fiber Source
AUTHORS:
Dawei Song, Jianzhong Zhang, Shuo Fang, Weimin Sun, Zinat M. Sathi, Yanhuo Luo, Gang-Ding Peng
KEYWORDS:
Bi/Er Co-doped Fiber; White Light Sources; Optical Spectral Measurement
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.3 No.2B,
July
22,
2013
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.