All-optical gain-clamped L-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier with two feedback-loop lasing wavelengths

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Liang, Tsair Chun ^a   Hsu, Shih ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Gain clamping; Gain control; Optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERBIUM; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; FEEDBACK-LOOP LASING WAVELENGTHS; GAIN CLAMPING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33747617815     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2127928     Document Type: Article

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