Signal amplification in strongly pumped fiber amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-313

  Hardy, Amos ^a,b   Oron, R ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b IEEE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; LASER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031094419     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.555997     Document Type: Article

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