Broad-band 88% efficient two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1528-1530

  Chavez Boggio J M ^a   Dainese, P ^a   Karlsson, F ^b   Fragnito, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Parametric amplification

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; PHASE MODULATOR; TWO-PUMP FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 17644447278     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818674     Document Type: Article

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