Ultra-broadband optical amplifiers for WDM

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5246, Issue , 2003, Pages 163-173

  Ohishi, Yasutake ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broadband amplifier; Non silica based fiber; Raman amplifier; Rare earth doped fiber amplifier

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FIBER LASERS; PHOTONS; TELECOMMUNICATION; THULIUM; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER RAMAN AMPLIFIER (FRA); NON-SILICA-BASED FIBERS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS (OPA); RARE-EARTH-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 1642473153     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.510989     Document Type: Conference Paper

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