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Materials Aspects of Optical Amplifiers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

D. J. DiGiovanni
D. J. DiGiovanni*
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill, NJ 07974.
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Abstract

Optical amplifiers promise to revolutionize optical communication. Erbium-doped silica fiber amplifiers operating at 1.5 μm are now commercially available while the performance of devices using neodymium or praseodymium doped fiber in the 1.3 gtm telecommunications window are improving rapidly. This review discusses the importance of host material on amplifier characteristics.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 244: Symposium J – Optical Waveguide Materials , 1991 , 135
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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