Dy-doped selenide glass for 1.3-/spl mu/m optical fiber amplifiers

Author

Shaw, L.B. ; Cole, B.J. ; Sanghera, J.S. ; Aggarwal, I.D. ; Schaafsma, D.T.

Author_Institution

US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

141

Abstract

Summary form only given. Dy/sup 3+/-doped materials have been proposed for optical fibre amplifiers at 1.3 μm. Dy/sup 3+/ has several advantages over Pr/sup 3+/-based amplifiers for 1.3-μm telecommunication applications. First, numerous pump bands exist in the near-IR for populating the (/sup 6/H/sub 9/2/, /sup 6/F/sub 11/2/) level. Secondly, these pump bands have absorption coefficients >10 times that of the Pr/sup 3+/ /sup 1/G/sub q/ level in the same host.

Keywords

absorption coefficients; dysprosium; fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; 1.3 mum; 1.3-/spl mu/m optical fiber amplifiers; 1.3-/spl mu/m telecommunication applications; Dy-doped selenide glass; Dy/sup 3+/-doped materials; IR sources; Pr/sup 3+/ /sup 1/G/sub q/ level; Pr/sup 3+/-based amplifiers; absorption coefficients; near-IR; numerous pump bands; optical fibre amplifiers; pump bands; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Glass; Laboratories; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657278

Filename

657278