• DocumentCode
    1170981
  • Title

    High-gain broad spectral bandwidth erbium-doped fibre amplifier pumped near 1.5 mu m

  • Author

    Atkins, C.G. ; Armitage, J.R. ; Wyatt, R. ; Ainslie, B.J. ; Craig-Ryan, S.P.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Lab., Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    7/6/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    910
  • Lastpage
    911
  • Abstract
    A small-signal gain exceeding 25 dB, and a 3 dB spectral bandwidth of 35 nm around 1.545 mu m are obtained for an erbium-doped silica fibre amplifier pumped in the short wavelength wing of the 1.5 mu m absorption band.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre optics; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; silicon compounds; solid lasers; 1.545 micron; 25 dB; SiO 2:Er 3+; broad spectral bandwidth; fibre amplifier; three-level laser system; travelling wave fibre amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19890610
  • Filename
    31933