DocumentCode
1067232
Title
Measurement technique for pump and signal background absorption of erbium-doped fibres
Author
Zech, Herwig
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech. & Quantenelektron., Karlsruhe Univ.
Volume
31
Issue
21
fYear
1995
fDate
10/12/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1866
Lastpage
1867
Abstract
An explicit analytical expression for the transmission of pump and signal power through an erbium-doped fibre in the presence of background loss is given. Because the solution is explicit, it can easily be fitted to measurement results. This leads to a simple method For determining the erbium absorption constant, saturation power and fibre background absorption constant. The technique is demonstrated for wavelengths of the signal range
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; light absorption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre losses; optical pumping; Er3+-doped fibre amplifiers; absorption constant; background loss; optical communication systems; pump power transmission; saturation power; signal background absorption;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
475027
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