DocumentCode
1271823
Title
Spectral linewidth broadening in Er-doped-fibre amplifiers measured with less than 1.4 kHz linewidth light source
Author
Okamura, Hiroyuki ; Iwatsuki, Katsumi
Author_Institution
NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Volume
26
Issue
23
fYear
1990
Firstpage
1965
Lastpage
1967
Abstract
Spectral linewidth broadening in Er-doped-fibre amplifiers is measured by utilising a delayed self-heterodyne interferometer with 1.4 kHz resolution in the 1550 nm range. Though the noise floor is broadened, no broadening is observed at the 3 dB down point.
Keywords
erbium; fibre lasers; spectral line breadth; 1.4 kHz; 1.4 kHz linewidth light source; 1550 nm; Er-doped-fibre amplifiers; delayed self-heterodyne interferometer; noise floor; spectral linewidth broadening measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19901271
Filename
59535
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