Title :
Fabrication of Cr-doped fibers by drawing tower
Author :
Huang, Yi-Chung ; Lu, Yu-Kuan ; Chen, Jian-Cheng ; Hsu, Yi-Chen ; Huang, Yu-Ming ; Yang, Huei-Min ; Sheen, Maw-Tyan ; Huang, Sheng-Lung ; Chang, Tao-Yuan ; Cheng, Wood-Hi
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung
Abstract :
We report on the first fabrication of a Cr-doped fiber using a drawing-tower method with Cr:YAG as the core of the preform. The Cr-doped fibers have potential for use as fiber amplifier to cover the bandwidths in the whole 1.3-1.6 mum range
Keywords :
chromium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre fabrication; preforms; 1.3 to 1.6 mum; Cr-doped fibers; Cr:YAG core; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; fiber amplifier; fiber drawing tower; fiber fabrication; preform; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fibers; Poles and towers; Preforms; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215505
