Brillouin amplification in phase coherent transfer of optical frequencies over 480 km fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 16102-16111

  Terra, O ^a   Grosche, G ^a   Schnatz, H ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BI-DIRECTIONAL; BRILLOUIN AMPLIFICATION; COHERENT TRANSMISSION; FIBER LENGTH; IN-PHASE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL-FIBER LINKS; PUMP LASER; PUMP POWER; STABILIZED LASERS; TEST SETUPS; TRANSMISSION FIBERS; WEAK SIGNALS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77954894965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016102     Document Type: Article

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