Title :
Erbium lanthanum co-doped fiber for L-band amplifier with high efficiency, low non-linearity and low NF
Author :
Aiso, K. ; Tashiro, Y. ; Suzuki, T. ; Yagi, T.
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We have developed an erbium/lanthanum doped fibre (ELDF) that has high Er concentration, and which attained high efficiency without quenching. We demonstrated that the ELDF had high gain per length, low non-linearity at L-band, and low noise figure compared to conventional EDF.
Keywords :
erbium; lanthanum; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; Er,La co-doped fiber amplifiers; L-band amplifier; WDM; high Er concentration; high efficiency; low NF; low non-linearity; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; L-band; Lanthanum; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Power amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
