Title :
Recent progress in Bi-EDF technologies
Author_Institution :
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Bismuth based erbium doped fiber exhibits inherent features which cannot be realized with silica based EDF. Extended L-band amplification, high gain C+L band amplification for coarse WDM and short pulse amplification are reported.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; Bi-EDF technologies; Bi2O3:La,Er; L-band amplification; bismuth based erbium doped fiber; coarse WDM; high gain C+L band amplification; lanthanum-erbium codoped glass; short pulse amplification; silica based EDF; telecommunication systems; Broadband amplifiers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Glass; L-band; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber testing; Pulse amplifiers; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192739