Title :
Erbium emission in highly doped tellurite and alumina-silica novelty fibers
Author :
Marjanovic, S. ; Toulouse, J. ; Van, M.F. ; Johnson, Valencia S. ; Wisk, Patrick W. ; Kortan, A.R. ; Kopylov, N. ; Ahrens, R.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
We present a summary of emission properties of doped tellurite and alumina-silica fibers. The tellurite fiber offer higher and flatter signal gain over shorter lengths and the alumina-silica fiber, lower losses and better physical properties.
Keywords :
alumina; erbium; optical fibre losses; optical materials; silicon compounds; superradiance; tellurium; wavelength division multiplexing; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/-SiO/sub 2/; alumina-silica novelty fibers; erbium emission; physical property; tellurite fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
