Hybrid fiber amplifiers consisting of cascaded TDFA and EDFA for WDM signals

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2287-2295

  Sakamoto, Tadashi ^a   Aozasa, Shin Ichi ^a   Yamada, Makoto ^a   Shimizu, Makoto ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Hybrid fiber amplifiers; Noise figure (NF); Thulium doped fiber amplifier (TDFA)

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; GAIN CONTROL; NOISE FIGURE; THULIUM; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFAS); GAIN EQUALIZATION TECHNIQUE; GAIN VARIATION RATIO; THULIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (TDFAS);

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33947671346     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.863243     Document Type: Article

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