Title :
Femtosecond soliton amplification in erbium doped silica fibre
Author :
Ainslie, B.J. ; Blow, Keith J. ; Gouveia-Neto, A.S. ; Sombra, Antonio S. B. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
Reports on the amplification of soliton pulses of less than 200 femtoseconds in an erbium doped single mode fibre. A gain of 2.6 times ( approximately 4 dB) was obtained for input signal peak powers of 50 W in 200 femtosecond pulses.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; silicon compounds; solid lasers; solitons; 200 fs; 4 dB; 50 W; SiO 2:Er fibre; amplification of soliton pulses; femtosecond soliton amplification; gain; input signal peak powers; single mode fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900126
