Low-noise operation of fluoride-based erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with 4I11/2-level pumping

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1235-1237

  Ohishi, Yasutake ^a   Yamada, Makoto ^a   Kanamori, Terutoshi ^a   Sudo, Shoichi ^a   Shimizu, Makoto ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; GLASS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICA; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

FLUORIDE BASED ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FLUORIDE FIBERS; FLUORIDE GLASS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COUPLER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031209035     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.001235     Document Type: Article

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