V. V. Dvoyrin, V. M. Mashinsky, O. I. Medvedkov, A. A. Umnikov, A. N. Gur'yanov, E. M. Dianov, “Bismuth-doped telecommunication fibres for lasers and amplifiers in the 1400 — 1500-nm region”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2009, Volume 39, Number 6,Pages <nobr>583

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Waveguides. Optical fibres

Bismuth-doped telecommunication fibres for lasers and amplifiers in the 1400 — 1500-nm region

V. V. Dvoyrin^a, V. M. Mashinsky^a, O. I. Medvedkov^a, A. A. Umnikov^b, A. N. Gur'yanov^b, E. M. Dianov^a

^a Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances RAS, Nizhnii Novgorod

Abstract: Bismuth-doped optical fibres fully compatible with standard telecommunication fibres are developed. Lasers based on such fibres emitting in the spectral range 1430 — 1500 nm with an efficiency of up to 7.6% at room temperature and up to 10.5% at a temperature of -65°C are fabricated.

PACS: 42.81.Cn, 42.55.Wd, 42.79.Sz

Received: 20.03.2009