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Analysis of a technique to determine absolute values of the stimulated emission cross section in erbium-doped silica fibres from gain measurements

PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS 6:425-433. DOI:10.1088/0963-9659/6/3/011 pp.425-433

ABSTRACT A method to measure absolute values of the stimulated emission cross section in erbium-doped silica fibres is analysed in this paper. Two models are studied by computer simulations made within the framework of the European project COST 241. Small errors are involved in the measurement, 31 wavelengths near 1530 nm, with moderate values of the pump power and fibre length.

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Keywords

31 wavelengths
 
computer simulations
 
erbium-doped silica fibres
 
European project COST 241
 
fibre length
 
pump power
 
Small errors