• DocumentCode
    1036455
  • Title

    Low-noise erbium-doped fibre amplifier operating at 1.54μm

  • Author

    Mears, Robert J. ; Reekie, L. ; Jauncey, I.M. ; Payne, David N.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Optical Fibre Group, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    1026
  • Lastpage
    1028
  • Abstract
    High gain amplification of up to 28 dB has been observed in a 3m-long erbium-doped fibre. The amplifier has a spectral bandwidth of greater than 300 GHz in the region of 1.536μm and a measured sensitivity of -42dBm at a bit rate of 140Mbit/s.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre optics; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; repeaters; solid lasers; 1.536 micron; 1.54 micron; 140 Mbit/s; 28 dB; 3 m; 300 GHz; Er3+:fibre laser; spectral bandwidth;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870719
  • Filename
    4258955
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1036455