Novel fiber design for flat gain Raman amplification using single pump and dispersion compensation in S band

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2279-2286

  Thyagarajan, K ^a   Kakkar, Charu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; FLAT GAIN RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; RAMAN AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE PUMP;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 7244223142     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.833528     Document Type: Article

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