Dispersion-Induced Power Penalty in Fiber-Bragg-Grating WDM Filter Cascades Using Optically Preamplified and Nonpreamplified Receivers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1406-1408

  Kuznetsov, Mark ^a   Froberg, Nan M ^a   Henion, Scott R ^a   Reinke, Charles ^a   Fennelly, Claudia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication system performance; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Optical amplifiers; Optical communication; Optical filters; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001384978     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.883845     Document Type: Article

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