Title :
Silica based erbium doped fiber extending the L-band to 1620+ nm
Author :
Byriel, Inger Pihl ; Pálsdóttir, Bera ; Andrejco, Matt ; Larsen, C. Christian
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Denmark
Abstract :
A fiber has been developed for use in extended L-band amplifiers, utilizing the wavelength range from 1565 to 1620 nm. The fiber is silica based and has low splice loss to standard telecommunication fiber. The quantum conversion efficiency is >60%.
Keywords :
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; 1565 to 1620 nm; 60 percent; L-band; L-band amplifiers; low splice loss; quantum conversion efficiency; silica based erbium doped fiber; standard telecommunication fiber; wavelength range; Bandwidth; Erbium; Gain measurement; Glass; L-band; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Silicon compounds; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.988897
