DocumentCode
2932477
Title
Recent progress in 1.3-μm fiber amplifiers
Author
Ohishi, Yasutake ; Kanamori, Toshiyuki ; Fujiura, K. ; Nishida, Yoshiharu ; Yamada, Makoto ; Sudo, Shunsuke
Author_Institution
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
fYear
1996
fDate
25 Feb.-1 March 1996
Firstpage
27
Abstract
Summary form only given. Considerable effort is being made to develop optical amplifiers for 1.3 μm use. The praseodymium-doped fiber amplifier (PDFA) has exhibited the good overall performance as regards 1.3 μm amplification and is a promising candidate as an optical amplifier. It has been shown by system demonstrations that PDFAs can play an active part in 1.3 μm optical systems. The recent progress in PDFA development is comprehensively reported in this presentation.
Keywords
fibre lasers; infrared sources; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; praseodymium; μm optical systems; 1.3 μm amplification; 1.3 mum; 1.3-μm fiber amplifiers; PDFA development; optical fiber amplifier; praseodymium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96
Print_ISBN
1-55752-422-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.1996.907610
Filename
907610
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