Specialty fiber

Jun 1st, 2000

A line of specialty fiber allows higher single-mode power at 1480 nm for erbium-doped fiber-amplifier pumping and at 1455 nm for Raman amplification, providing greater power and bandwidth for telecommunications.

Lucent Technologies Specialty Fiber Technologies

Avon, CT

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