Amplifying four-wavelength combiner, based on erbium/ytterbium-doped waveguide amplifiers and integrated splitters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-317

  Barbier, D ^a   Rattay, M ^a   Saint Andre F ^a   Clauss, G ^a   Trouillon, M ^a   Kevorkian, A ^a   Delavaux, J M P ^b   Murphy, E ^b  

^a GeeO   (France)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium doped glass; Integrated optical amplifiers; Ion exchange; Waveguide amplifier; Wavelength combiner

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER LASERS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

FOUR WAVELENGTH COMBINER; INTEGRATED SPLITTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICE FABRICATION; WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0031102978     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.556058     Document Type: Article

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