MATCHING FIBERS FOR LOW-LOSS COUPLING INTO FIBER AMPLIFIERS

被引:8
作者
HOLMES, MJ [1 ]
PAYNE, FP [1 ]
SPIRIT, DM [1 ]
机构
[1] BRITISH TELECOMMUN PLC,IPSWICH IP5 7RE,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND
关键词
Losses; Optical fibres;
D O I
10.1049/el:19901353
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
Fibre amplifier gain may be greatly increased by reducing the field spot size. However, the resulting mismatch between the fields in the amplifier and standard fibre leads to large splicing losses which reduce the amplifier efficiency. We show theoretically that total splice loss may be greatly reduced by using one or more intermediate fibres. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:2102 / 2104
页数:3
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