Transmission of 5 ps solitons at 1.32 µm over 50 km of standard fibre using praseodymium doped fluoride fibre amplifiers
Transmission of 5 ps solitons at 1.32 µm over 50 km of standard fibre using praseodymium doped fluoride fibre amplifiers
- Author(s): D.M. Pataca ; M.L. Rocha ; R.P. Davey ; K. Smith ; R. Wyatt ; P. Gunning
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19960496
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- Author(s): D.M. Pataca 1 ; M.L. Rocha 1 ; R.P. Davey 1 ; K. Smith 1 ; R. Wyatt 1 ; P. Gunning 1
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1: BT Laboratories, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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1: BT Laboratories, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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Volume 32, Issue 8,
11 April 1996,
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754 – 755
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960496 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
The authors report the amplification of 5 ps duration pulses from a gain-switched 1.32 µm DFB laser using a praseodymium doped fluoride fibre amplifier, and their subsequent soliton transmission over 50 km of standard telecommunications fibre.
Inspec keywords: praseodymium; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical solitons
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Subjects: Nonlinear optics and devices; Optical communication; Fibre lasers and amplifiers
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