Average inversion level, modeling, and physics of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 991-1007

  Sun, Y ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Zyskind, J L ^{a,b,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Srivastava, A K ^a,b,f,i,m,n  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ Fannie and John Hertz ^*  (India)

^j NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k Advanced WDM Network Element Group

^l Technical Program Committees of CLEO

^m BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁿ TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

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Author keywords

Modeling; Multiplexing; Optical communication; Optical fiber amplifiers; Transient analysis; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031200264     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.649527     Document Type: Article

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