Femtosecond soliton amplification in erbium doped silica fibre

1 February 1990

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 26 (3) , 186-188
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19900126

Abstract

We report on the amplification of soliton pulses of less than 200 femtoseconds in an erbium doped single mode fibre. A gain of 2.6 times (∼4dB) was obtained for input signal peak powers of 50 W in 200 femtosecond pulses.

Keywords

INPUT SIGNAL PEAK POWERS
GAIN
200 FS
AMPLIFICATION OF SOLITON PULSES
4 DB
SINGLE MODE FIBRE
SIO2:ER FIBRE
50 W
FEMTOSECOND SOLITON AMPLIFICATION