High-gain erbium-doped traveling-wave fiber amplifier
The work
| Authors | E. Desurvire; J. R. Simpson; P. C. Becker |
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| Type | article |
| Year | 1987 |
| Citekey | desurvire1987highgain |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Optics Letters |
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| Publisher | Optica Publishing Group |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 888 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1364/ol.12.000888 |
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| OpenAlex | W2031612893 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.12.000888 |
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Related
| Distinct from | mears1987lownoise Independent and near-simultaneous: both report a working erbium-doped fibre amplifier in 1987, Mears et al. from Southampton in Electronics Letters and Desurvire et al. from Bell Labs in Optics Letters. Different groups, different journals, same result -- neither supersedes or reprints the other, and a reader meeting one should know the other exists. |
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Abstract
Traveling-wave amplification of a lambda = 1.53 microm signal with +22-dB gain is achieved at 295 K in an Er(3+)-doped single-mode fiber using a lambda = 514.5 nm pump source. The optimum fiber length for maximum gain is determined experimentally. A limit in signal-to-noise ratio that is due to concurrent amplification of spontaneous emission is observed. By cooling the fiber to 77 K, the amplifier gain is increased to +29 dB as a result of depopulation of the lower laser level.
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| Added | 2026-08-26 00:00 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-08-26 21:01 UTC |
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Cite it as
@article{desurvire1987highgain,
title = {High-gain erbium-doped traveling-wave fiber amplifier},
author = {E. Desurvire and J. R. Simpson and P. C. Becker},
year = {1987},
journal = {Optics Letters},
publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
volume = {12},
number = {11},
pages = {888},
doi = {10.1364/ol.12.000888},
}
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