Abstract: There is provided alkaloid halogen-doped sulfide glasses for an optical amplifier and a fabricating method thereof. An alkaloid halogen-doped sulfide glass is formed of silica doped with a Ge—Ga—S three-component system, Pr3+, and an alkaloid halogen. To fabricate the alkaloid halogen-doped sulfide glass for an optical amplifier, silica doped with Ge, Ga, S, Pr3+, and an alkaloid halogen as a starting material is filled into a container. The container is sealed in a vacuum and the starting material in the container is fused by heating the container. The container is cooled and the starting material is sintered by heating the container at a glass transition temperature.

Abstract: There is provided alkaloid halogen-doped sulfide glasses for an optical amplifier and a fabricating method thereof. An alkaloid halogen-doped sulfide glass is formed of silica doped with a Ge-Ga-S three-component system, Pr3+, and an alkaloid halogen. To fabricate the alkaloid halogen-doped sulfide glass for an optical amplifier, silica doped with Ge, Ga, S, Pr3+, and an alkaloid halogen as a starting material is filled into a container. The container is sealed in a vacuum and the starting material in the container is fused by heating the container. The container is cooled and the starting material is sintered by heating the container at a glass transition temperature.

Abstract: An optical fiber used for an optical amplifier, is formed by doping glass with rare-earth ions. Both praseodymium ions (Pr+3) and erbium ions (Er+3) are used as the rare-earth ions, and the glass is a fluoride glass or a sulfide glass. The optical fiber can be used at wavelengths of both 1.3 &mgr;m and 1.55 &mgr;m. The light amplification efficiency of an optical amplifier made of the optical fiber can be improved compared to that of an optical amplifier formed of only Pr+3 or only Er+3.