Bismuth-doped optical fibers: a challenging active medium for near-IR lasers and optical amplifiers

Evgeny M Dianov

doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.12

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Bismuth-doped optical fibers: a challenging active medium for near-IR lasers and optical amplifiers

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- Bismuth-doped optical fibers: a challenging active medium for near-IR lasers and optical amplifiers
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 1, Issue 1, (2012)
- Affiliations：
  
  The Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Russia
- Author bio：
  
  Professor EM Dianov, The Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov str., 119333 Moscow, Russia E-mail: dianov@fo.gpi.ru
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2012.12
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- Published：2012-03，
  
  Published Online：25 May 2012，
  
  Received：29 February 2012，
  
  Revised：18 April 2012，
  
  Accepted：21 April 2012
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Dianov, E. M. Bismuth-doped optical fibers: a challenging active medium for near-IR lasers and optical amplifiers. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e12 (2012).
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Dianov, E. M. Bismuth-doped optical fibers: a challenging active medium for near-IR lasers and optical amplifiers. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e12 (2012). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2012.12.

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Abstract

It has recently been demonstrated that Bi-doped glass optical fibers are a promising active laser medium. Various types of Bi-doped optical fibers have been developed and used to construct Bi-doped fiber lasers and optical amplifiers. This paper reviews the recent results regarding the luminescence properties of various Bi-doped optical fibers and the development of Bi-doped fiber lasers and optical amplifiers for the 1150 to 1550 nm spectral region.

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