100 nm gain bandwidth amplifier based on 980 nm pumped cerium codoped fluoride EDF

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 836-838

  Akasaka, Y ^a   Kubota, Y ^b   Sakaguchi, S ^b   White, I ^a   Pan, J ^a  

^a Sprint Applied Research & Advanced Technology Labs California   (United States)

^b CENTRAL GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; CERIUM; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0038001703     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030554     Document Type: Article

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