Demonstration of highly efficient flat-gain L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifiers by incorporating a fiber Bragg grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1258-1260

  Oh, Jung Mi ^a   Choi, Hyun Beom ^a   Lee, Donghan ^a   Ahn, Seong Joon ^b   Jung, Soo Jin ^c   Lee, Sang Bae ^c  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C band ASE injection; Erbium doped fiber amplifiers; Gain clamping; L band; Optical fiber amplifiers

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

GAIN CLAMPING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036742253     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.801101     Document Type: Article

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