APPLICATION OF AN ER-3-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER TO AN OTDR OPERATING AT 1.6-MU-M()

Authors
SEIKAI S FUKUOKA T TOHI T
Citation
S. Seikai et al., APPLICATION OF AN ER-3-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER TO AN OTDR OPERATING AT 1.6-MU-M(), Electronics Letters, 30(15), 1994, pp. 1225-1226
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
15
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1225 - 1226
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:15<1225:AOAEFA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
An erbium-doped fibre amplifier with a high gain coefficient at 1.6mum is constructed employing a dual pumping scheme. The amplifier is succ essfully applied to an OTDR, producing output optical pulses character ised by a peak power of 476mW for a duration of 1mus.