1.49-μm-band gain-shifted thulium-doped fiber amplifier for WDM transmission systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1826-1838

  Kasamatsu, Tadashi ^a   Yano, Yutaka ^a   Ono, Takashi ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Thulium; Thulium doped fiber amplifier; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THULIUM; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DUAL-WAVELENGTH PUMPING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0036823244     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.804038     Document Type: Article

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