Title :
Passive selective filter for flattening the erbium-doped fibre amplifier gain spectrum based on a feature of the silicon oxynitride fibre absorption spectrum
Author :
Bogatyrjov, V.A. ; Dianov, E.M. ; Golant, K.M. ; Karpov, V.I. ; Krapko, R.R. ; Kurkov, A.S. ; Protopopov, V.N.
Author_Institution :
Fiber Optics Res. Center, Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
fDate :
1/5/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A newly developed nitrogen doped silica fibre was used as a filter in an erbium doped aluminosilicate fibre amplifier. A 30 dB gain was flattened within the 1530-1560 nm spectral band, the gain variations being no more than 5 dB
Keywords :
aluminosilicate glasses; erbium; fibre lasers; infrared spectra; light absorption; optical fibre filters; silicon compounds; 1530 to 1560 nm; 30 dB; Al2O3-SiO2; Al2O3-SiO2:Er; SiOxNy; SiON; aluminosilicate fibre; erbium-doped fibre amplifier; fibre absorption spectrum; gain spectrum; gain variations; passive selective filter; silicon oxynitride fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950035