Novel Dopants for Silica-Based Fiber Amplifiers

Bernard Dussardier (1) , Wilfried Blanc (1)

1 LPMC - Laboratoire de physique de la matière condensée

We review on some studies of the potential of new dopants in silica fibers for ultrabroadband amplification coverage in the 800-1700 nm range, including transition metal and rare-earth ions, and sensitized nano-particles.

Mots clés: Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillatorsl; Fiber materials; Fibers; erbium

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]; Optique / photonique

Bernard Dussardier, Wilfried Blanc. Novel Dopants for Silica-Based Fiber Amplifiers. Optical Fiber Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, Mar 2007, Anaheim, United States. paper OMN1. ⟨hal-00589258⟩