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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2006
Tetsuya Haruna, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Iihara, Osaka, JP;
Masashi Onishi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Haruna, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Iihara, Osaka, JP;
Masashi Onishi, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an erbium doped optical fiber (EDF) for amplification which allows an easy estimation of the amplification performance and high production stability. The fiber includes a core and a cladding. The core is mainly made of silica glass and doped with erbium at a concentration of 500 wtppm or more and 2500 wtppm or less. In the fiber, the cutoff wavelength is 850 nm or more and 1450 nm or less, the mode field diameter is 4.5 μm or more and 6.5 μm or less, the polarization mode dispersion is not more than 0.1 ps per 10 m, the coordination number of oxygen elements around an erbium element in the core is one or more and eight or less, and the bond length between erbium and oxygen is 0.225 nm or more and 0.235 or less.