• DocumentCode
    1681433
  • Title

    Novel Dopants for Silica-Based Fiber Amplifiers

  • Author

    Dussardier, B. ; Blanc, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. de Nice, Nice
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We review on some studies of the potential of new dopants in silica fibers for ultrabroadband amplification coverage in the 800-1700 nm range, including transition metal and rare-earth ions, and sensitized nano-particles.
  • Keywords
    amplification; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; silicon; dopants; rare-earth ions; sensitized nano-particles; silica-based fiber amplifiers; transition metal; ultrabroadband amplification; wavelength 800 nm to 1700 nm; Broadband amplifiers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Glass; Materials reliability; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348601
  • Filename
    4348601