Title :
Advances in materials and design for fiber amplifiers
Author :
DiGiovanni, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The erbium-doped optical amplifier moved very quickly from invention in 1987 to the cornerstone of high speed long-haul networks. The C-band amp (1530-1565 nm) is ubiquitous and is being augmented with L-band amps (1565 to 1610 nm) to support 80 channels. With the demand for transmission capacity continuing to explode, other technologies such as Raman are under development to fill in the low-loss transmission window of silica optical fiber.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; 1530 to 1565 nm; 1565 to 1610 nm; C-band amp; Er-doped optical amplifier; L-band amps; Raman technology; design; fiber amplifiers; high speed long-haul networks; low-loss transmission window; materials; silica optical fiber; transmission capacity; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; High speed optical techniques; L-band; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical materials; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907016
