High-gain, broad spectral bandwidth erbium-doped fibre amplifier pumped near 1.5μm
High-gain, broad spectral bandwidth erbium-doped fibre amplifier pumped near 1.5μm
- Author(s): C.G. Atkins ; J.F. Massicott ; J.R. Armitage ; R. Wyatt ; B.J. Ajnslie ; S.P. Craig-Ryan
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19890610
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- Author(s): C.G. Atkins 1 ; J.F. Massicott 1 ; J.R. Armitage 1 ; R. Wyatt 1 ; B.J. Ajnslie 1 ; S.P. Craig-Ryan 1
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1: British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
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1: British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
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Volume 25, Issue 14,
6 July 1989,
p.
910 – 911
DOI: 10.1049/el:19890610 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
A small-signal gain exceeding 25 dB, and a 3dB spectral bandwidth of 35 nm around 1.545μm are obtained for an erbium-doped silica fibre amplifier pumped in the short wavelength wing of the 1.5μm absorption band.
Inspec keywords: fibre optics; erbium; solid lasers; optical pumping; optical communication equipment; silicon compounds
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Subjects: Optical communication; Design of specific laser systems; Other fibre optical devices and techniques; Solid lasers; Lasing action in other solids; Fibre optics
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