Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifier

This invention relates to an Erbium doped fiber amplifier having improved operating characteristics. Parameters which determine the operating characteristics of an erbium doped fiber amplifier are the concentration of erbium in the core of a fiber; the ratio of the radius of the core of the fiber doped with erbium relative to the radius of the core of the fiber, and, the length of the fiber. It is now recognized that improved fiber amplifier performance can be obtained by varying the core-cladding refractive index difference of the fiber. The various parameters are here defined for providing an erbium doped fiber amplifier having optimum gain characteristics.

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