Title :
Optimisation of refractive index profile for high gain fibre amplifiers
Author :
Holmes, M.J. ; Spirit, D.M. ; Payne, F.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
It is shown that appropriately designed depressed cladding fibres offer the potential for erbium doped, Raman and Brillouin fibre amplifiers which combine high gain with low scattering losses.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optimisation; refractive index; Brillouin fibre amplifiers; Raman amplifiers; cladding fibres; erbium doped amplifiers; high gain fibre amplifiers; low scattering losses; refractive index profile;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19901204
