Title :
Solution-doping technique for fabrication of rare-earth-doped optical fibres
Author :
Townsend, J.E. ; Poole, S.B. ; Payne, David N.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Optical Fibre Group Department of Electronics & Computer Science, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
A solution-doping technique is reported for the reproducible fabrication of low-loss optical fibres containing up to 4000 parts in 106 of rare-earth ions. The method produces excellent dopant uniformity and is sufficiently versatile to allow codoping with different ions.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; codoping with different ions; dopant uniformity; low-loss optical fibres; rare-earth-doped optical fibres; reproducible fabrication; solution-doping technique;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870244
