Optimum gain-equalised configuration of wideband erbium-doped fibre amplifier using inter-stage samarium-doped fibre and midway isolator

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 2175-2177

  Chen, Y K ^a   Liaw, S K ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fibre amplifiers; Fibre amplifiers; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; SAMARIUM; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA); SAMARIUM DOPED FIBER (SDF);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030574140     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19961411     Document Type: Article

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