Research Letters in Optics
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 276538, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/276538
Research Letter

Optimization of Multiple Active Ion Doped Fiber Amplifiers for Three Communication Windows

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Received 19 January 2009; Accepted 13 March 2009

Academic Editor: Gang-Ding Peng

Copyright © 2009 Chun Jiang and Li Jin. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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