Modeling of four-wave mixing and gain peaking in amplified WDM optical communication systems and networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1933-1942

  Zeiler, Wolfgang ^b,c,d   Di Pasquale, Fabrizio ^a,c,e,f   Bayvel, Polina ^a,c,g,h,i,j   Midwinter, John E ^a,c,k,l,m,n  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g USSR Academy of Sciences

^h NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

ⁱ STC Submarine Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^j London University ^*

^k UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l Electrical Engineering Department

^m MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION MANAGEMENT; GAIN EQUALIZING FILTERS; GAIN PEAKING EFFECT;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030247329     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.536960     Document Type: Article

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