DocumentCode
1472959
Title
46.5 dB gain in Er3+-doped fibre amplifier pumped by 1.48 mu m GaInAsP laser diodes
Author
Kimura, Y. ; Suzuki, K. ; Nakazawa, M.
Author_Institution
NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Opt. Commun. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
25
Issue
24
fYear
1989
Firstpage
1656
Lastpage
1657
Abstract
An optical gain as high as 46.5 dB was obtained in an Er3+-doped fibre amplifier with pump power of 133 mW by a combination of broadband laser diodes at 1.48 mu m. A gain coefficient of 0.76 dB/mW for the pump and a maximum output power of +15.1 dBm (32.4 mW) have also been achieved.
Keywords
erbium; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.48 micron; 133 mW; 32.4 mW; 46.5 dB; Er 3+-doped fibre amplifier; GaInAsP; SiO 2-GeO 2:Er 3+; broadband laser diodes; optical gain; semiconductor laser pump;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19891110
Filename
91849
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