Nonresonant spectral-hole burning in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 542-544

  Rudkevich, E ^a   Baney, D M ^b   Stimple, J ^a   Derickson, D ^a   Wang, G ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032689374     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.759392     Document Type: Article

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