Low-loss fusion splicing of erbium-doped optical fibers for high performance fiber amplifiers

Author

Singh, Mahendra P. ; Reese, James O. ; Wei, T. Michael ; Storch, D.G.

Author_Institution

GTE Lab. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

4

fYear

1990

fDate

12/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

811

Lastpage

813

Abstract

An optimization process is described for reducing the fusion splice loss between Er-doped and standard single mode fibers, which differ significantly from each other in their physical and optical properties. As a result of this process, an average splice loss of 0.11 dB at 1300 nm in such fiber pairs has been achieved. The experimental splice loss data approached the theoretically predicted values. High-gain fiber amplifier experiments using the low-loss splicers obtained in the Er-doped and standard fiber combination are also discussed

Keywords

erbium; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical fibres; solid lasers; 0.11 dB; 1300 nm; Er doped fibres; dissimilar fibers splicing; fiber lasers; fusion splice loss; high performance fiber amplifiers; low loss fusion splicing; optimization process; single mode fibers; splice loss; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Glass; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Splicing; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Components, Hybrids, and Manufacturing Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0148-6411

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/33.62523

Filename

62523