Thomas Jérémie, Myara Mikhaël, Troussellier Laurent, Burov Ekaterina, Pastouret Alain, Boivin David, Mélin Gilles, Gilard Olivier, Sotom Michel, Signoret Philippe
Institut d’Electronique du Sud, UMR 5207, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, France.
Opt Express. 2012 Jan 30;20(3):2435-44. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.002435.
We demonstrate for the first time a radiation-resistant Erbium-Doped Fiber exhibiting performances that can fill the requirements of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers for space applications. This is based on an Aluminum co-doping atom reduction enabled by Nanoparticules Doping-Process. For this purpose, we developed several fibers containing very different erbium and aluminum concentrations, and tested them in the same optical amplifier configuration. This work allows to bring to the fore a highly radiation resistant Erbium-doped pure silica optical fiber exhibiting a low quenching level. This result is an important step as the EDFA is increasingly recognized as an enabling technology for the extensive use of photonic sub-systems in future satellites.
我们首次展示了一种抗辐射掺铒光纤，其性能能够满足空间应用中掺铒光纤放大器的要求。这是基于纳米颗粒掺杂工艺实现的铝共掺杂原子还原。为此，我们制备了几种铒和铝浓度差异很大的光纤，并在相同的光放大器配置中对它们进行了测试。这项工作使得一种具有低猝灭水平的高抗辐射掺铒纯石英光纤得以脱颖而出。随着掺铒光纤放大器越来越被视为未来卫星中光子子系统广泛应用的 enabling 技术，这一结果是重要的一步。 （注：这里“enabling technology”直译为“使能技术”，在相关领域可能有更专业的译法，可根据具体行业情况调整，但因要求不添加解释说明，所以保留原文）
