• DocumentCode
    1539885
  • Title

    Erbium-doped fibre amplifiers with an extremely high gain coefficient of 11.0 dB/mW

  • Author

    Shimizu, Maiko ; Yamada, Makoto ; Horiguchi, M. ; Takeshita, Takaharu ; Okayasu, M.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    20
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1641
  • Lastpage
    1643
  • Abstract
    A gain coefficient of 11.0 dB/mW is obtained using 0.98 mu m laser diode pumped erbium-doped fibre amplifiers with a low erbium concentration of 81 p.p.m. and a high relative refractive index difference of 1.88%.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; solid lasers; 0.98 micron; 1.5 micron; EDFA; Er doped fibre amplifiers; gain coefficient; relative refractive index difference;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19901051
  • Filename
    58153