Effects of concentration on the performance of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-120

  Myslinski, P ^a   Nguyen, D ^b   Chrostowski, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Design optimization; Erbium doped fiber amplifiers; Modeling; Upconversion process

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA); EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; HOMOGENOUS UPCONVERSION (HUC) PROCESS;

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ERBIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0030785201     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.552118     Document Type: Article

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