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Amplification of femtosecond pulses in Er <sup>3+</sup> -doped single-mode optical fibres

I.Y. Khrushchev, A.B. Grudinin, E. M. Dianov, V. A. Semenov, A M Prokhorov

Electronics Letters · 1990 · 43 citations · 0 references

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EngineeringMaterials SciencePhotonicsFiber OpticsNonlinear OpticsOptical AmplifiersOptical FibersOptical SourcesUltrafast OpticsFemtosecond Laser PulsesGainMaximum GainOptical AmplificationOptical Signal AmplificationPulse CompressionSingle-mode Optical FibersUltrashort Pulse Generation

Abstract

Femtosecond pulse amplification in Er3+-doped single-mode optical fibres has been experimentally investigated. The effect of amplified pulse compression from 80 to 55 fs has been observed. The amplified pulse energy was evaluated as 5 nJ. Maximum gain for the amplified signal was 26 dB.