Radiation sensitivity of EDFAs based on highly Er-doped fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1540-1545

  Gusarov, A ^a   Van Uffelen, Marco ^a   Hotoleanu, Mircea ^b   Thienpont, H ^c   Berghmans, F ^c  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b NLIGHT CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Erbium doping; Gamma ray effects; Optical fiber amplifiers; Radiation hardening

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; DIRECT NANOPARTICLE DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGIES; DOPING LEVELS; ER-DOPED FIBERS; ERBIUM DOPING; GAMMA-RAY EFFECTS; RADIATION SENSITIVITY; RADIATION TOLERANCES; SMALL SIGNAL GAIN;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBERS; GAMMA RAYS; HARDENING; NANOFLUIDICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HARDENING;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 66949120006     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2014255     Document Type: Article

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