Gain saturation behavior in L-band EDFAs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1156-1158

  Flood, Felton A ^a,b  

^a Photonics Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b Centerpoint Broadband Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ERBIUM-DOPING FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0034266797     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.874220     Document Type: Article

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