EFFICIENT, HIGH-POWER, HIGH-GAIN, ER-3+ DOPED SILICA FIBER AMPLIFIER

被引:34
作者
MASSICOTT, JF
WYATT, R
AINSLIE, BJ
CRAIGRYAN, SP
机构
[1] British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath
关键词
Amplifiers; Doping; Optical fibres;
D O I
10.1049/el:19900673
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
Results demonstrating that Er3+ doped silica fibres may be operated as very efficient, high gain power amplifiers in the 1-55//m region are presented. For a pump wavelength of 1-48/zm amplified output of 140 mW was obtained for 180mW pump power and 1 mW signal input at 1-55/mi. Pumping with higher powers at 0-98/mi allows in excess of 500 mW output to be obtained for the same input signal power. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:1038 / 1039
页数:2
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