GAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS WITH HIGH ERBIUM CONCENTRATION

被引:14
作者
KIMURA, Y
NAKAZAWA, M
机构
[1] NTT Telecommunication Field System R&D Center, Optical Transmission Line Laboratory, Tokai
关键词
OPTICAL FIBERS; AMPLIFIERS; LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19920903
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The gain characteristics of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers with erbium concentrations as high as 8900 ppm have been investigated with 0.98 and 1.48-mu-m pumping schemes. In spite of the gain decrease due to the high erbium concentration, a gain as high as 24 dB was obtained with a 50 cm long fibre at a pump power of 60 mW. An output power of +8 dBm was also obtained for a pump power of 60 mW with both 0.98 and 1.48-mu-m pumping. The 0.98-mu-m pumping scheme is suitable for high concentration EDFAs.
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页码:1420 / 1422
页数:3
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