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Gain Characteristics of Lanthanum Co-Doped Erbium Fiber Amplifier

Kimura et al., 1991

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13009640549698902601
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Kimura Y
Nakazawa M
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Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications

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Recent progress on erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) and their application to optical communications has been very rapid since the EDFA has many advantages such as polarisation-insensitive high gain, a low noisefigure, and low insertion loss. 1 It is well …
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