Ultra-wideband optical amplification with 3dB bandwidth of 65nm using a gain-equalised two-stage erbium-doped fibre amplifier and Raman amplification

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 753-754

  Masuda, H ^a   Suzuki, K I ^a   Kawai, S ^a   Aida, K ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibre amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; EQUALIZERS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBRE AMPLIFIER; INTERMEDIATE EQUALIZER; OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTER; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; ULTRA WIDEBAND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0031116989     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970515     Document Type: Article

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