High gain and high power organic dye-doped polymer optical fiber amplifiers: Absorption and emission cross sections and gain characteristics

Akihiro Tagaya, Takeyuki Kobayashi, Shiro Nakatsuka, Eisuke Nihei, Keisuke Sasaki, Yasuhiro Koike

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Abstract

Amplification of high signal gain (36 dB, approximately 4000 times) and high output power (1200 W) was achieved in a Rhodamine B (RB)-doped graded-index (GI) polymer optical fiber amplifier (POFA) based on a prediction in which absorption and emission cross section data were used. The absorption and emission cross section spectra of RB, Rhodamine 6G, and 4-Dicyanmethylene-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran (DCM) in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) bulk were determined. The cross section data enable us to predict gain characteristics of RB, R6G, and DCM-cloped GI POFA. The wide spectral coverage in the visible is achievable with the GI POFAs doped with several selected dyes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2705-2708
Number of pages4
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers
Volume36
Issue number5 A
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997 May

Keywords

  • Absorption cross section
  • DCM
  • Emission cross section
  • Polymer optical fiber
  • Polymer optical fiber amplifier
  • Quantum yield
  • Rhodamine 6G
  • Rhodamine B

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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