Gain equalization of EDFA's with Bragg gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 536-538

  Rochette, M ^a   Guy, M ^b   LaRochelle, S ^a   Lauzon, J ^b   Trepanier F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032672705     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.759390     Document Type: Article

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