A novel tunable gain equalizer based on a long-period fiber grating written by high-frequency CO2 laser pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-253

  Wang, Yi Ping ^a   Rao, Yun Jiang ^a   Ran, Zeng Ling ^a   Zhu, Tao ^a   Hu, Ai Zi ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) systems; Long period fiber gratings (LPFGs); Tunable gain equalizers

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EQUALIZERS; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; TUNABLE GAIN EQUALIZER;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0037322471     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806104     Document Type: Article

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