1. Wavelength stabilized 980nm uncooled pump laser modules for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
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Rainer Bättig, Stefan Mohrdiek, Hans-Ulrich Pfeiffer, Berthold Schmidt, Christoph Harder, Jürgen Müller, Isabella Jung, Bernd Mayer, Stefan Teodoropol, J. Troger, Tim Kellner, Nicolai Matuschek, Tomas Pliska, Pascal Mauron, Susanne Pawlik, Sebastian Arlt, Boris Sverdlov, and Bernd Valk
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Optical amplifier ,Materials science ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Physics::Optics ,Laser pumping ,Atmospheric temperature range ,Chip ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Semiconductor laser theory ,Wavelength ,Reliability (semiconductor) ,Optics ,Fiber Bragg grating ,Optoelectronics ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,business - Abstract
We review the development of wavelength stabilized 980 nm pump laser modules without active temperature stabilization for applications in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Operation over a wide temperature range with an output power exceeding 400 mW at an ambient temperature of 70°C is demonstrated. The overall reliability of uncooled modules is estimated to be well below 500 FIT at all operating conditions. Such devices are made possible by continuous development and steady improvement of the pump laser chip, the optimization of the fiber Bragg grating stabilization scheme, careful design of the module package, and extended reliability analysis on the basis of stress tests as well as field data.
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- 2005
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