rare-earth-doped fiber amplifier

rare-earth-doped fiber amplifier

[¦rār ‚ərth ‚dōpt ‚fī·bər ′am·plə‚fī·ər] (communications) An optical fiber amplifier whose fiber core is lightly doped with trivalent rare-earth ions, which absorb light at certain pump wavelengths and emit it at some signal wavelength through stimulated emission.