Title :
Digital signal transmission experiment using a 1.3 μm-band Pr/sup +3/-doped fluoride fiber amplifier
Author :
Tomita, N. ; Kimura, K. ; Suda, H. ; Shimizu, M. ; Yamada, M. ; Ohishi, Yasutake
Author_Institution :
NTT Telecommun. Field Syst. R&D Center, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
This paper shows experiments of 100 Mb/s digital transmission characteristics using Pr/sup +3/-doped fluoride fiber amplifier at 1.3 μm band. As a result, the transmission length could be extended 27.4 km corresponding to amplifier gain with no degradation in the transmission quality.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; optical communication equipment; praseodymium; 1.3 /spl mu/m-band; 1.3 mum; 100 Mbit/s; 27.4 km; Pr/sup +3/-doped fluoride fiber amplifier; ZBLAN:Pr; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Pr; amplifier gain; digital signal transmission experiment; digital transmission characteristics; transmission length; transmission quality; Broadband amplifiers; Degradation; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Power generation; Samarium; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
