Title :
Amplification of femtosecond pulses in Er3+-doped single-mode optical fibres
Author :
Khrushchev, I.Yu. ; Grudinin, A.B. ; Dianov, Evgeny M. ; Semenov, V.A. ; Prokhorov, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Gen. Phys. Inst. Acad. of Sci., Moscow, USSR
fDate :
3/29/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Femtosecond pulse amplification in Er3+-doped single-mode optical fibres has been experimentally investigated. The effect of amplified pulse compression from 80 to 55 fs has been observed. The amplified pulse energy was evaluated as 5 nJ. Maximum gain for the amplified signal was 26 dB.
Keywords :
erbium; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; pulse amplifiers; solid lasers; active fibres; amplified pulse energy; femtosecond pulses; gain; glass fibres; optical amplifiers; pulse amplification; pulse compression; single-mode optical fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900296