Electronics Letters · 2000 · 23 citations · 2 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsOptical AmplifiersOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersTerahertz PhotonicsTerahertz SpectroscopyBandwidthBroadband Optical AmplificationOptical AmplificationOptical Signal AmplificationRaman Fiber AmplifiersRaman Optical AmplifiersThulium-doped Fiber Amplifiers
A lumped optical fibre amplifier exploiting the full spectrum of optical fibres and delivering a record bandwidth of 17.7 THz (between λ = 1297 nm and λ = 1605 nm) has been achieved using a combination of erbium-doped, thulium-doped and Raman fibres.
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