Gain enhancement in gain-shifted erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for WDM applications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1111-1113

  Karasek M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); GAIN-SHIFTED ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (GS-EDFA);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032595729     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.784205     Document Type: Article

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