Gain Clamping in Two-Stage L-Band EDFA Using a Broadband FBG

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 422-424

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Gain clamping; L band EDFA; Optical amplifier; Two stage EDFA

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); GAIN CLAMPING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 1442313160     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.822230     Document Type: Article

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