Title :
Er3+/Yb3+ codoped heavy metal germanium tellurite glass fiber amplifiers
Author :
Yang, D.L. ; Pun, E.Y.B. ; Lin, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Er3+/Yb3+ codoped heavy metal germanium tellurite glass fiber amplifiers were prepared using the rod-in-tube method. The properties of the fiber amplifiers were investigated, and an internal gain of 2.4dB/cm at 1.535μm was obtained.
Keywords :
erbium; germanium compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre fabrication; optical variables measurement; ytterbium; GeTeO:Er,Yb; codoped heavy metal germanium tellurite glass fiber amplifiers; internal gain; rod-in-tube method; wavelength 1.535 mum; Gain; Glass; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; fiber amplifier; glass fiber; optical amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929939
