In order to satisfy the requirements of distributed fiber Bragg grating sensor systems and ultra-high-rate all-optical communication systems
this paper designs and implements a novel hybrid Erbium-and Thulium-Doped Fiber(TDF)super-fluorescent ultra-wideband light source.In the experiments
it uses 980nm and 1 480nm laser diodes to pump the Er-Doped Fiber(EDF)
generating C+L band light.Then it uses 30%of this light to optically pump the TDF
producing S-band fluorescence light.Finally
it couples the remaining 70%of C + L-band light with the S-band fluorescent light
resulting in an ultra-wideband S+C+L light source.The total power of this light source is 36mW(15.6dBm)
with a bandwidth of 1 460
1
610nm. The test results of this light source show that its bandwidth
power and other performance indexes satisfy the requirements for the applications of distributed fiber grating sensor systems and all-optical communication systems.