Increasing repeater span in high-speed bidirectional WDM transmission systems using a new bidirectional EDFA configuration

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1252-1254

  Khaleghi, F ^a,b   Li, J ^a,b   Kavehrad, M ^a,b   Kim, Hyung ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL LINKS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS;

BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030244260     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.531853     Document Type: Article

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