Raman Amplification for Fiber Communications Systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-93

  Bromage, Jake ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communications; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1442287438     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822828     Document Type: Conference Paper

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