Ultra-wide, 75nm 3dB gain-band optical amplifier utilising gain-flattened erbium-doped fluoride fibre amplifier and discrete Raman amplification

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 897-898

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

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; RAMAN SCATTERING;

DISCRETE FIBER RAMAN AMPLIFIERS; FLUORIDE FIBER LASERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032049583     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980599     Document Type: Article

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