Transient effects and gain-control method in low-noise dispersion-compensating hybrid fiber amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 906-908

  Chang, Sun Hyok ^a   Kim, Seung Kwan ^a   Chung, Hee Sang ^a   Chu, Moo Jung ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; GAIN CONTROL; RAMAN SCATTERING;

OPTICAL NOISE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0038002413     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.813434     Document Type: Article

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