Optimization of the two-stage single-pump erbium-doped fiber amplifier with high amplification for low frequency nanoscale pulses

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Bello Jiḿnez, Miguel ^a   Kuzin, Evgeny A ^a   Ibarra Escamilla, Baldemar ^a   Flores Rosas, Ariel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifiers; Optical filters; Sagnac interferometer

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIREFRINGENCE; EXCITED STATES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE) NOISE; BACKGROUND ABSORPTION; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 37549068075     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2823495     Document Type: Article

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