Transmission edge filters for power equalization of EDFA's

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 822-824

  Chen, Lawrence R ^a,b   Cooper, David J F ^a   Smith, Peter W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ACTIVE POWER EQUALIZATION; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; TRANSMISSION EDGE FILTERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0034224458     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853512     Document Type: Article

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