Abstract
We developed Er3+-doped fluorophosphate glass fiber with low nonlinearity. With an L-band EDFA employing the fiber the four-wave-mixing crosstalk was 10 dB less than when employing an Er3+-doped silica fiber with low nonlinearity.
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