DocumentCode
1088480
Title
Femtosecond soliton transmission in 18 km erbium-doped fibre amplifier with different pumping configurations
Author
Kurokawa, Kaneyuki ; Nakazawa, Masataka
Author_Institution
NTT Optical Transmission Line Lab., Ibraki-Ken, Japan
Volume
27
Issue
19
fYear
1991
Firstpage
1765
Lastpage
1767
Abstract
The transmission characteristics of femtosecond optical solitons in an 18.2 km erbium-doped fibre amplifier have been investigated under various pumping conditions. It is found that the transmission characteristics with forward pumping are different from those with backward pumping. Backward pumping is more promising and has been used to realise a lossless transmission of 440 fs soliton pulses at 1.551 mu m with a pump power as low as 16 mW.
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; optical communication; optical pumping; solitons; 1.551 micron; 16 mW; 18 to 18.2 km; 440 fs; Er doped fibre amplifier; backward pumping; femtosecond optical solitons; forward pumping; lossless transmission; pump power; pumping configurations; soliton transmission; transmission characteristics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19911098
Filename
132933
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