• 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