Title : 
Gain flattened Er3+-doped tellurite fibre amplifier for WDM signals in the 1581-1616 nm wavelength region
         
        
            Author : 
Mori, A. ; Sakamoto, Takanori ; Shikano, K. ; Kobayashi, K. ; Hoshino, Kenji ; Shimizu, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NTT Photonics Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
3/30/2000 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A gain-flattened Er3+-doped tellurite fibre amplifier (EDTFA) with an expanded L-band is presented. The amplifier has an average gain of 28 dB and a noise figure of <6 dB with a slight gain excursion of 1 dB over a wide wavelength range of 1581-1616 nm. The total output power of the EDTFA module was 20.5 dBm and its power conversion efficiency reached 25%
         
        
            Keywords : 
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1581 to 1616 nm; 25 percent; 28 dB; 6 dB; Er3+-doped tellurite fibre amplifier; L-band; WDM signal; gain flattening; noise figure; output power; power conversion efficiency;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:20000504