Title :
Laser diode pumped operation of Er3+-doped fibre amplifier
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich
fDate :
12/8/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Semiconductor laser-diode pumped operation of an erbium-doped fibre amplifier, exhibiting 6 dB gain and operating at 1536 nm, is reported. The amplifier was optically pumped at 807 nm using a self-injection-locked semiconductor laser diode array
Keywords :
erbium; laser beam applications; laser transitions; optical fibres; optical pumping; semiconductor junction lasers; solid lasers; 1536 nm; 6 dB; 807 nm; Er doped fibre; gain; optically pumped; self-injection-locked semiconductor laser diode array;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
