High-power polymer optical fiber amplifiers and their applications

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto; Kazuhito Fujii; Shigehiro Teramoto; Akihiro Tagaya; Eisuke Nihei; Takeshi Kinoshita; Yasuhiro Koike; Keisuke Sasaki

doi:10.1117/12.188705

3 October 1994 High-power polymer optical fiber amplifiers and their applications

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fujii, Shigehiro Teramoto, Akihiro Tagaya, Eisuke Nihei, Takeshi Kinoshita, Yasuhiro Koike, Keisuke Sasaki

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Proceedings Volume 2289, Doped Fiber Devices and Systems; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188705
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Amplification characteristics of graded-index (GI) type organic dye doped polymer optical fiber amplifiers (POFAs) are discussed. As an organic dye for optical amplification, Rhodamine 6G, Rhodamine B, and Perylene Red are doped in the core region of polymer optical fibers (POFs). These POFA can obtain optical gain in the visible region of wavelength from 570 nm to 620 nm. POFA is promising for extraordinary high power optical amplification in comparison with rare-earth ions doped silica fiber amplifier. For example, output power of 1 kW with a gain of 30 dB can be obtained by using a Rhodamine B doped POFA at a low dye concentration of 1 ppm. Additionally, a novel solid-state POFA amplifier system is demonstrated.

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fujii, Shigehiro Teramoto, Akihiro Tagaya, Eisuke Nihei, Takeshi Kinoshita, Yasuhiro Koike, and Keisuke Sasaki "High-power polymer optical fiber amplifiers and their applications", Proc. SPIE 2289, Doped Fiber Devices and Systems, (3 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.188705

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