Broadband high-gain dispersion compensating Raman amplifier

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1355-1356

  Lewis, S A E ^a   Chernikov, S V ^a   Taylor, J R ^b  

^a IP Fibre Optics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

RAMAN AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0034250094     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000951     Document Type: Article

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