Erbium-Doped Specialty Fiber Product Information Sheet 0 pages

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Corning® ER Specialty Optical Fibers
Erbium-Doped Fibers
Manufactured with Corning’s
patented Outside Vapor
Deposition (OVD) process,
Corning® ER Specialty Fibers set
the world standard for
uniformity and reliability.
Corning offers Erbium-doped
fibers with or without hermetic
coating. The hermetic coating
offers significant advantage
with respect to mechanical
reliability and resistance to
hydrogen induced optical
attenuation degradation. These
Erbium-doped fibers have a
proven track record in state-ofthe-
art optical amplifiers, and
exhibit consistently low splice
loss when coupled with fibers
such as Corning® HI 1060 FLEX,
Corning® HI 980 and Corning®
SMF-28e+® Optical Fiber.
Erbium-doped fibers designs are
available for conventional Cband,
L-band and Reduced Clad
(80 ìm) applications.
Applications:
„h Single and multi-wavelength optical amplifiers (EDFA)
„h Digital and analog systems
„h CATV amplifiers
Features:
„h Outstanding consistency and uniformity using Corning’s patented
Outside Vapor Deposition (OVD) process
„h OVD manufacturing consistency provides repeatability for gain spectrum
allowing for the reduction of lot qualifications in amplifier deployment
„h Hermetic coating for increased environmental stability and reliability
„h Dual acrylate coating system provides excellent protection from
microbend-induced attenuation and superior mechanical robustness
„h Short and long cutoff wavelength C-band versions available
„h Excellent geometry control
„h Mode-field diameter designed to match Corning® High Index Specialty
Fiber, allowing for efficient coupling with an EDFA
M0200012
Issued: March 2010
Supersedes: January 2008
For use in
Optical
Amplifiers and
Fiber Lasers