Double-pass L-band EDFA with enhanced noise figure characteristics

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1055-1057

  Harun, S W ^a   Tamchek, N ^a   Poopalan, P ^a   Ahmad, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Double pass erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); L band; Noise figure improvement; Optical communication

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS AMPLIFIERS; ERBIUM; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA);

LASERS;

EID: 0041523909     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.815342     Document Type: Article

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