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Optical Fiber Communication Conference

A high-power, low-noise polarization maintaining Erbium/Brillouin fiber amplified source

Shane J. Strutz, Keith J. Williams, Ronald D. Esman

Published Jan 1, 2001• 0 citations
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Abstract

A polarization maintaining Erbium/Brillouin fiber amplifier was investigated. The output noise of the amplified source was measured and compared to shot-noise. Shot-noise limited performance was achieved within the 1 GHz to 8 GHz frequency band.
DOI
10.1364/ofc.2001.wa7

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