Efficient design method for multi-pump flat-gain fiber Raman amplifiers

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 70, Issue , 2002, Pages 57-59

  Perlin, Victor E ^a   Winful, Herbert G ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; RAMAN SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

RAMAN AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0036439983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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