High-speed operation of an optically amplified system in the first telecommunications (800-850 nm) window

Author

Percival, R.M. ; Oliver, S.N. ; Wyatt, R.

Author_Institution

British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK

Volume

8

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

956

Lastpage

958

Abstract

A diode pumped, commercially packaged, thulium doped fluoride fiber amplifier, (TDFFA) operating in the region of 0.8 μm has been used in a series of high speed (1.2 Gb/s) systems experiments in the 1st telecommunications window. The results of this work indicate that the application of this amplifier unit could have significant benefits for future LAN/MAN type systems architectures involving large signal splits to customer premises.

Keywords

fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; metropolitan area networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical pumping; packaging; thulium; 0.8 mum; 1.2 Gbit/s; 800 to 950 nm; LAN/MAN type systems architectures; amplifier unit; commercially packaged; customer premises; diode pumped; first telecommunications window; high-speed operation; large signal splits; optically amplified system; thulium doped fluoride fiber amplifier; Diodes; Doped fiber amplifiers; High speed optical techniques; Local area networks; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Packaging; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.502283

Filename

502283