• DocumentCode
    1876341
  • Title

    Gain-flatness improvement over C-band employing silica-based borate/alumina-codoped EDF

  • Author

    Haruna, Tetsuya ; Kakup, M. ; Ishikawa, Shinji ; Mouri, Tetsuya ; Ueno, Masato ; Murata, Takahiro ; Morinaga, Kenji

  • Author_Institution
    Sumtomo Electr. Ind. Ltd, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    Employing borate/alumina-codoped EDF, the relative gain ripple over the C-band has been reduced to less than 10%, which is to our knowledge the record for the gain flatness of C-band silica-based EDFAs.
  • Keywords
    alumina; boron compounds; doping profiles; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical transmitters; silicon compounds; wavelength division multiplexing; Al2O3-B2O3-SiO2:Er2O3; C-band silica-based EDFA; WDM systems; gain-flatness; optical communication; relative gain ripple; silica-based borate/alumina-codoped EDF; Bandwidth; Costs; Degradation; Erbium; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192964
  • Filename
    1501502