Dual-wavelength (1050 nm + 1550 nm) pumped thulium-doped fiber amplifier characterization by optical frequency-domain reflectometry

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-26

  Martins Filho, J F ^a   Bastos Filho, C J A ^a   Carvalho, M T ^a   Sundheimer, M L ^a   Gomes, A S L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fluoride fiber; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR); Thulium doped fiber amplifier (TDFA)

Indexed keywords

FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PUMPING (LASER); REFLECTOMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; FLUORIDE FIBER; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; THULIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037249607     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.805774     Document Type: Article

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