DocumentCode
1304534
Title
Fabrication of long lengths of low excess loss erbium-doped optical fibre
Author
Craig-Ryan, S.P. ; Ainslie, B.J. ; Millar, C.A.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Volume
26
Issue
3
fYear
1990
Firstpage
185
Lastpage
186
Abstract
Reports the fabrication of uniformly-doped, very low erbium concentration, silica-based fibre with negligible background loss. These fibres will facilitate distributed amplification over distances greater than 1 km for loss compensation in linear or non-linear systems.
Keywords
absorption; erbium; optical fibres; silicon compounds; 1 km; distributed amplification; fabrication; loss compensation; negligible background loss; silica-based fibre;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19900125
Filename
82543
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