• DocumentCode
    1149947
  • Title

    Application of an Er3+-doped fibre amplifier to an OTDR operating at 1.6 μm

  • Author

    Seikai, S. ; Fukuoka, Takafumi

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Res. Center, Kansai Electr. Power Co. Inc., Hyogo
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    7/21/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1225
  • Lastpage
    1226
  • Abstract
    An erbium-doped fibre amplifier with a high gain coefficient at 1.6 μm is constructed employing a dual pumping scheme. The amplifier is successfully applied to an OTDR, producing output optical pulses characterised by a peak power of 476 mW for a duration of 1 μs
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; laser transitions; measurement by laser beam; optical pumping; optical time-domain reflectometry; reflectometers; 1 mus; 1.6 micron; 476 mW; Er3+-doped fibre amplifier; OTDR; dual pumping scheme; high gain coefficient; output optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940859
  • Filename
    311887
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1149947