Automatic gain control of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for WDM transmission systems

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E80-B, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1311-1320

  Motoshima, Kuniaki ^a   Shimizu, Katsuhiro ^a   Takano, Katsumi ^a   Mizuochi, Takashi ^a   Kitayama, Tadayoshi ^a   Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic gain control; Erbium doped fiber amplifier; Optical communication; Transient gain saturation; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT EMISSION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC); ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031220101     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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