Abstract
We show that erbium ions placed in an annulus within the fiber core make 980-nm-pumped amplifiers insensitive to variations in pump power distribution among the spatial modes of the fiber and make 1480-nm-pumped amplifiers insensitive to variations in fiber parameters.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1165-1167 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 15 1993 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics