BASIC PERFORMANCE OF AN ORGANIC DYE-DOPED POLYMER OPTICAL-FIBER AMPLIFIER

被引:55
作者
TAGAYA, A
KOIKE, Y
NIHEI, E
TERAMOTO, S
FUJII, K
YAMAMOTO, T
SASAKI, K
机构
[1] Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 06期
关键词
GRADED INDEX; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER; AMPLIFICATION; ORGANIC DYE; RHODAMINE B;
D O I
10.1364/AO.34.000988
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A polymer optical fiber amplifier (POFA) of the graded-index (GI) type, with gain in the visible region, was successfully prepared for the first time, to our knowledge, with the interfacial-gel polymerization technique. An input signal of 0.85 W at 591 nm was amplified to 420 W (27-dB gain) by injection of 690 Tv of pump power at 532 nm into a GI POFA with a 0.5-m length. The efficiency of conversion of pump energy to signal amplification was more than 60%.
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页码:988 / 992
页数:5
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