Gain flattened and improved EDFA using microbending long-period fibre gratings

Electronics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1324-1325

  Sohn, Ik Bu ^a   Baek, Jang Gi ^a   Lee, Nam Kwon ^a   Kwon, Hyung Woo ^a   Song, Jae Won ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BENDING (DEFORMATION); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; GAIN CONTROL; INSERTION LOSSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; POWER CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); LONG-PERIOD FIBRE GRATINGS (LPFG);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037168212     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20020915     Document Type: Article

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