Comparison of Nd3+-doped glasses for amplification in the 1300-nm region

Stanley A. Zemon; William J. Miniscalco; Gary M. Lambert; Barbara A. Thompson; Mark A. Newhouse; Paul A. Tick; Leslie J. Button; Douglas W. Hall

doi:10.1117/12.141146

23 March 1993 Comparison of Nd³⁺-doped glasses for amplification in the 1300-nm region

Stanley A. Zemon, William J. Miniscalco, Gary M. Lambert, Barbara A. Thompson, Mark A. Newhouse, Paul A. Tick, Leslie J. Button, Douglas W. Hall

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Proceedings Volume 1789, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141146
Event: Fibers '92, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Excited-state-absorption and stimulated-emission cross-section spectra have been measured in the 1300-nm region for a wide variety of Nd³⁺-doped glass compositions. The results indicate that fluoroberyllates are the best choice for fiber amplifiers in the 1300-nm optical communications window. Model calculations predict a gain spectrum peaked at 1314 nm with useful gain extending from 1304 to 1370 nm when amplified spontaneous emission is neglected.

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Stanley A. Zemon, William J. Miniscalco, Gary M. Lambert, Barbara A. Thompson, Mark A. Newhouse, Paul A. Tick, Leslie J. Button, and Douglas W. Hall "Comparison of Nd³⁺-doped glasses for amplification in the 1300-nm region", Proc. SPIE 1789, Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers IV, (23 March 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141146

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