Wide-band bismuth-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier with a flat-gain characteristic

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Cheng, X S ^a   Parvizi, R ^a   Ahmad, H ^a   Harun, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bi EDFA; Bismuth based erbium doped fiber; Double pass amplifier

Indexed keywords

BAND REGION; BISMUTH BASED ERBIUM DOPED FIBER; DOUBLE PASS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); FLAT-GAIN; GAIN MEDIUM; GAIN SATURATION; GAIN SPECTRA; GAIN VARIATIONS; INPUT POWER; INPUT SIGNAL POWER; PUMP POWER; PUMPING SCHEMES; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WAVELENGTH REGIONS; WIDE-BAND;

BISMUTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; ERBIUM; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; NOISE FIGURE; PUMPS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77956328555     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2037725     Document Type: Article

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