New pump wavelength of 1540-nm band for long-wavelength-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (L-band EDFA)

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1272-1280

  Choi, Bo Hun ^a   Park, Hyo Hoon ^a   Chu, Moo Jung ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Gain coefficient; Noise figure; Optical communications; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump wavelength; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PUMPING (LASER); WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

GAIN COEFFICIENT; LONG WAVELENGTH BAND ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PUMP WAVELENGTH;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0141918477     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.817582     Document Type: Article

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