Comparison of distributed gain in two dual-wavelength pumping schemes for thulium-doped fibre amplifiers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 647-648

  Gomes, A S L ^a   Carvalho, M T ^a   Sundheimer, M L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; GAIN MEASUREMENT; GROUND STATE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0038004125     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030454     Document Type: Article

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