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Low-noise erbium-doped fibre amplifier operating at 1.54μm

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In this paper, a 3m-long erbium-doped fiber was used for high gain amplification of up to 28 dB at a bit rate of 140 Mbit/s.
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High gain amplification of up to 28 dB has been observed in a 3m-long erbium-doped fibre. The amplifier has a spectral bandwidth of greater than 300GHz in the region of 1.536µm and a measured sensitivity of -42dBm at a bit rate of 140 Mbit/s.

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Modeling erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

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Simultaneous amplification and pulse compression in a single-mode optical fibre

K.C. Byron
- 20 Nov 1986 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, experimental observations of pulsed Raman amplification and compression in a 7.8 km optical fiber have been made, at moderate pump powers, a high gain of 26 dB and pulsewidth reduction of up to 38% have been observed simultaneously.