Improvement of gain and noise figure in double-pass L-band EDFA by incorporating a fiber Bragg grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1005-1007

  Yi, L L ^a   Zhan, L ^a   Ji, J H ^a   Ye, Q H ^a   Xia, Y X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circulator; Double pass configuration; Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); L band

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; PUMPING (LASER); SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BACKWARD AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; GAIN FIGURE; NOISE FIGURE;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 1942500948     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823697     Document Type: Article

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