• DocumentCode
    1311637
  • Title

    Diode-laser pumped erbium-doped fluorozirconate fibre amplifier for the 1530 nm communications window

  • Author

    Millar, C.A. ; France, P.W.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Lab., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    5/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    634
  • Lastpage
    635
  • Abstract
    An erbium-doped fluorozirconate fibre amplifier has been pumped at 1480 nm using a semiconductor diode laser. The small signal gain was 15 dB for 25 mW launched pump power. The ASE bandwidth was 45 nm and the predicted noise figure was 5 dB.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; lanthanum compounds; laser transitions; lead compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical pumping; sodium compounds; solid lasers; zirconium compounds; 1480 nm; 15 dB; 1530 nm; 25 mW; 5 dB; ASE bandwidth; Er-doped optical fibre; ZBLANP; ZrF 4BaF 2LaF 3AlF 3NaFPbF:Er 3+; communications window; diode pump; fluorozirconate fibre amplifier; launched pump power; noise figure; optical communication; semiconductor diode laser; small signal gain; solid laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900415
  • Filename
    82759
    • Link To Document
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