Title :
Fabrication and optimisation of the erbium distribution in silica based doped fibres
Author :
Ainslie, B.J. ; Armitage, J.R. ; Craig, S.P. ; Wakefield, B.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The fabrication of erbium doped fibres is described in which the erbium is confined to the centre of the core using Al2O3 -P2O5-SiO2 host glass. The authors show that this distribution makes more efficient use of pump power
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; erbium; optical fibres; optical glass; optical workshop techniques; Al2O3-P2O5-SiO2: Er3+; fibre fabrication; optical fibres; optical glass;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
