Neodymium-doped fibre amplifier at 1.064 µm

8 December 1994

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

Vol. 30 (25) , 2142-2143
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19941438

Abstract

For the first time, a fibre amplifier with a small signal gain of more than 30 dB at 1.064 µm has been realised. The amplifier employs an Nd-Al codoped fibre and a 0.808 µm pumping laser diode which offers 50 mW incident pump power.

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