DocumentCode
2678173
Title
Progress towards a 1300 nm fibre amplifier
Author
Hewak, D.W.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
fYear
1998
fDate
36101
Firstpage
42705
Lastpage
42709
Abstract
Candidates for a 1.3 micron fibre amplifier include praseodymium doped fluoride (PDFA) or a similar device based on chalcogenide glasses, both of which have demonstrated amplification though not yet at practical levels; neodymium doped fluoride glasses for which signal gain is possible but severely limited by competing transitions; and dysprosium doped chalcogenide glasses, from which only fluorescence has been demonstrated. In this presentation we review progress in these three variations of the ubiquitous 1300 nm optical fibre amplifier
Keywords
optical transmitters; 1.3 mum; 1300 nm optical fibre amplifier; Dy-doped chalcogenide glass fibre lasers; Nd-doped fluoride fibre lasers; Pr-doped chalcogenide glass fibre lasers; Pr-doped fluoride fibre lasers; competing transitions; dysprosium doped chalcogenide glass fibre lasers; fluorescence; neodymium doped fluoride glass fibre lasers; praseodymium doped fluoride fibre lasers; review; signal gain;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
New Developments in Optical Amplifiers (Ref. No. 1998/492), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19980920
Filename
755104
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