Wide-band and gain-flattened hybrid fiber amplifier consisting of an EDFA and a multiwavelength pumped Raman amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-649

  Masuda, Hiroji ^a   Kawai, Shingo ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; GAIN SPECTRUM; OPTICAL NOISE; RAMAN AMPLIFIER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032640460     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.766772     Document Type: Article

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