Broadband optical fibre amplificationover 17.7 THz range

D. Bayart, Pascal Baniel, A. Bergonzo, Jean-Yves Boniort, P. Bousselet, L. Gasca, D. Hamoir, F. Leplingard, A. Le Sauze, P. Nouchi,

Electronics Letters · 2000 · 23 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

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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