Gain equalization of EDFA cascades

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1832-1840

  Tonguz, Ozan K ^a,b   Flood, Felton A ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

EDFA cascades; Gain equalization; Multichannel lightwave transmission systems

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER CASCADES; GAIN EQUALIZATION; MULTICHANNEL LIGHTWAVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0031257558     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.633567     Document Type: Article

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