High-gain hybrid amplifier consisting of cascaded fluoride-based TDFA and silica-based EDFA in 1458-1540 nm wavelength region

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 597-599

  Sakamoto, T ^a   Aozasa, S ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Shimizu, M ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

HIGH-GAIN HYBRID AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0037417367     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030399     Document Type: Article

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