Comparison of the static and dynamic properties of single- and double-pass partially gain-clamped two-stage L-band EDFAs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 519-521

  Xia, Bing ^a   Pudo, Dominik ^a   Chen, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs); Gain clamping; Gain transients; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; GAIN CLAMPING; GAIN TRANSIENTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0037389286     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809294     Document Type: Article

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