41-nm 3-dB gain-band optical amplifier using an Er-doped core and Sm-doped inner-cladding fiber without external filters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 986-988

  Kim, Seungtaek ^a   Ryu, Uh Chan ^a   Oh, K ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CLADDING (COATING); ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; GAIN CONTROL; GASES; IONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SAMARIUM;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; EVANESCENT WAVE INTERACTION; GAIN BAND OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; MODIFIED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0343878179     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.867983     Document Type: Article

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