A standard fiber-based loop mirror as a gain-flattening filter for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2056-2058

  Kumar, Naveen ^a   Shenoy, M R ^a   Pal, B P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectrum; Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Fiber loop mirror (FLM); Gain flattening filter

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE) SPECTRUM; BEND-INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA); FIBER LOOP MIRROR (FLM); GAIN FLATTENING FILTER; LOOP MIRROR;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 26844576402     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.856323     Document Type: Article

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