FLATTENING THE GAIN SPECTRUM OF AN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER BY CONNECTING AN ER3+-DOPED SIO2-AL2O3 FIBER AND AN ER3+-DOPED MULTICOMPONENT FIBER

被引:8
作者
YAMADA, M [1 ]
SHIMIZU, M [1 ]
OHISHI, Y [1 ]
HORIGUCHI, M [1 ]
SUDO, S [1 ]
SHIMIZU, A [1 ]
机构
[1] NAGAOKA UNIV TECHNOL, DEPT ELECT ENGN, NAGAOKA, NIIGATA 94021, JAPAN
关键词
FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER LASERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19941218
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
A technique is proposed for designing the gain spectrum in Er3+- doped fibre amplifiers. It uses an active fibre constructed by connecting two erbium-doped fibres with different host materials. An Er3+-doped SiO2-Al2O3 fibre and an Er3+-doped multicomponent fibre were connected to flatten the gain spectrum in the 1.55 mu m band. A flat gain spectrum was achieved in the 1.533-1.558 mu m bandwidth range with a signal gain of 26dB and a noise figure of less than 6dB.
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页码:1762 / 1764
页数:3
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