E. M. Dianov, K. E. Riumkin, V. F. Khopin, S. V. Alyshev, M. A. Mel'kumov, A. N. Gur'yanov, S. V. Firstov, “Bismuth/erbium-doped germanosilicate fibre amplifier with a bandwidth above 200 nm”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2016, Volume 46, Number 11,Pages <nobr>973

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Bismuth/erbium-doped germanosilicate fibre amplifier with a bandwidth above 200 nm

E. M. Dianov^a, K. E. Riumkin^a, V. F. Khopin^b, S. V. Alyshev^a, M. A. Mel'kumov^a, A. N. Gur'yanov^b, S. V. Firstov^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: Using bismuth/erbium-doped optical fibre, we have fabricated the first optical amplifier with a gain of ~10 dB in a wide spectral range (1520 – 1770 nm), which covers the C-, L- and U-bands.

Keywords: fibre-optic communication, fibre amplifier, bismuth.

Received: 07.10.2016