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Performance evaluation of praseodymium doped fiber amplifiers

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In this paper, we report the performance evaluation of praseodymium doped fiber amplifier (PDFA) operating in 1.25–1.35 μm band of wavelengths based on theoretical simulation. The performance of the PDFA is evaluated by considering an optimized length of Pr\(^{3+}\) doped fiber, concentration of Pr\(^{3+}\) ions and pump power. Moreover, the impact of input signal wavelength on gain, amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise and noise figure (NF) of the amplifier is also investigated. A small signal peak gain of around 22.7 dB is achieved at 1.3 μm for Pr\(^{3+}\) doped fiber having short length of 15.7 m at an optimized pump power of 300 mW. A minimum NF of 4 dB is observed at 1.284 μm.

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Khurram Karim Qureshi would like to acknowledge the support provided by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) through Project Number: SB191052.

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    Jawad Mirza

  2. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

    Salman Ghafoor

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, AJK, Mirpur, Pakistan

    Nazish Habib & Firdos Kanwal

  4. Optical Communication and Sensing Laboratory (OCSL), Electrical Engineering Department, Center for Communication Systems and Sensing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Khurram Karim Qureshi

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Mirza, J., Ghafoor, S., Habib, N. et al. Performance evaluation of praseodymium doped fiber amplifiers. Opt Rev 28, 611–618 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-021-00706-z

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