Low-noise, broadband Er3+-doped silica fibre amplifiers

1 January 1998

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 34 (15), 1490-1491
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19981027

Abstract

A broadband, low-noise silica-based erbium-doped fibre amplifier with a wide amplification bandwidth of 70 nm and a low noise figure of < 5 dB has been developed, by employing a hybrid configuration and adjusting the length of the Er3+-doped silica fibres used in the amplifier.

Keywords

NOISE FIGURE
HYBRID CONFIGURATION
WDM NETWORKS
5 DB
AMPLIFICATION BANDWIDTH
1.55 MUM
LENGTH
LOW-NOISE BROADBAND ER3+-DOPED SILICA FIBRE AMPLIFIERS

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Broadband and gain-flattened amplifier composed of a 1.55 [micro sign]m-band and a 1.58 [micro sign]m-band Er3+-doped fibre amplifier in a parallel configuration
Electronics Letters, 1997

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