Characterization of an ASE reflector-based gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 555-557

  Ahn, Joon Tae ^a   Seo, Hong Seok ^a   Chung, Woon Jin ^a   Park, Bong Je ^a   Kim, Kyong Hon ^b  

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

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Optical amplifiers; Optical communication; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERBIUM; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; GAIN CLAMPING; SIGNAL INTENSITY;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 14844348993     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842380     Document Type: Article

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