Trade-off between single and double pass amplification schemes of 1480-nm pumped EDFA

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-40

  Naji, A W ^a   Abidin, M S Z ^a   Kassir, A M ^a   Al Mansoori, M H ^a   Abdullah, M K ^a   Mahdi, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Erbium; Optical amplifiers; Optical communication; Optical pumping; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLIFIER SYSTEM; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER (OSA);

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 4544375981     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20368     Document Type: Article

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