Reliability of fluoride fiber module for optical amplifier use

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1596-1598

  Nishida, Yoshiki ^a   Fujiura, Kazuo ^a   Hoshino, Koichi ^a   Shimizu, Makoto ^a   Yamada, Makoto ^a   Nakagawa, Koichi ^a   Ohishi, Yasutake ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FIBER LASERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CYCLING;

FLUORIDE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0033322467     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.806858     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. 3+-doped fluoride fiber amplifier operating at 1.31 μm," in Tech. Dig. Conf. Optical Fiber Communication, Washington, DC, Feb. 1991; also in Opt. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 1747-1749, postdeadline paper PDP2.
2. 3+-doped fluoride fiber amplifier operating at 1.31 μm," in Tech. Dig. Conf. Optical Fiber Communication, Washington, DC, Feb. 1991; also in Opt. Lett., vol. 16, pp. 1747-1749, postdeadline paper PDP2.
3. M. Yamada, T. Kanamori, Y. Terunuma, K. Oikawa, M. Shimizu, S. Sudo, and S. Sagawa, "Fluoride-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier with inherently flat gain spectrum," Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 8, pp. 882-884, July 1996.
4. T. Sakamoto, M. Shimizu, T. Kanamori, Y. Terunuma, Y. Ohishi, M. Yamada, and S. Sudo, "1.4 μm-band gain characteristics of a Tm-Hodoped ZBLYAN fiber amplifier pumped in the 0.8 μm band," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 7, pp. 983-985, Sept. 1995.
5. T. Sakamoto, M. Shimizu, M. Yamada, T. Kanamori, Y. Ohishi, Y. Terunuma, and S. Sudo, "35-dB gain Tm-doped ZBLYAN fiber amplifier operating at 1.65 μm," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 8, pp. 349-351, Mar. 1996.
6. M. Yamada, A. Mori, K. Kobayashi, H. Ono, T. Kanamori, K. Oikawa, Y. Nishida, and Y. Ohishi, "Gain-flattened tellurite-based EDFA with a flat amplification bandwidth of 76 nm," in Optical Fiber Commun. Conf., 1998 OSA Tech. Dig. Ser., San Jose, CA, 1998, vol. 2, postdeadline paper PD7.
7. Y. Nishida, M. Yamada, J. Temmyo, T. Kanamori, and Y. Ohishi, "Plug-in type 1.3-μm fiber amplifier module for rack-mounted shelves," in Tech. Dig. Conf. Optical Fiber Communication, Dallas, TX, Feb. 1997, paper WA6; also in IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 9, pp. 1096-1098, Aug. 1997.
8. Y. Nishida, M. Yamada, J. Temmyo, T. Kanamori, and Y. Ohishi, "Plug-in type 1.3-μm fiber amplifier module for rack-mounted shelves," in Tech. Dig. Conf. Optical Fiber Communication, Dallas, TX, Feb. 1997, paper WA6; also in IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 9, pp. 1096-1098, Aug. 1997.
9. K. Fujiura, K. Hoshino, T. Kanamori, Y. Nishida, Y. Ohishi, and S. Sudo, "Reliability of fluoride fibers for use in fiber amplifiers," in Optical Amplifiers and their Applications, 1995 OSA Tech. Dig. Ser., Davos, Switzerland, 1995, vol. 18, pp. 104-107.
10. K. Fujiura, Y. Nishida, T. Kanamori, Y. Terunuma, K. Hoshino, K. Nakagawa, Y. Ohishi, and S. Sudo, "Reliability of rare-earth-doped fluoride fibers for optical fiber amplifier application," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 10, pp. 946-948, July 1998.
11. Bellcore, Technical Advisory, TA-NWT-001221, "Generic requirements for passive fiber optic component reliability assurance practices," 1991, no. 1. or Telcordia, GR-1221-CORE, Issue 2, Jan. 1999.
12. Y. Yamada, F. Hanawa, T. Kito, and T. Maruno, "Low-loss and stable fiber-to-waveguide connection utilizing UV curable adhesive," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 4, pp. 906-908, 1991.
13. 3+-doped fluoride fiber amplifier pumped by high-power laser-diode modules," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 4, pp. 994-996, Sept. 1992.
14. Optical fiber amplifier reliability standard, CENELEC, Eur. Standard, prEN 50309, 1998.
15. C. J. Simmons and J. H. Simmons, "Chemical durability of fluoride glass - I: Reaction of fluorozirconate glasses with water," J. Amer. Ceram. Soc., vol. 69, no. 9, pp. 661-669, 1986.