Yb-doped fiber amplifier for deep-space optical communications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1369-1374

  Wright, Malcolm W ^a   Valley, George C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical communications; Optical fiber amplifier

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; TRANSMITTERS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 18144431008     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.843532     Document Type: Article

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