Gain flattened L-band EDFA based on upgraded C-band EDFA using forward ASE pumping in an EDF section

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 821-823

  Buxens, A ^a   Poulsen, H N ^a   Clausen, A T ^a   Jeppesen, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION PUMPING; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBRE; FLAT GAIN;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0033743651     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000630     Document Type: Article

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