A novel in-service surveillance scheme for optically amplified transmission systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1520-1522

  Chan, Chun Kit ^a,b,c   Chen, Lian Kuan ^a,b   Tong, Frank ^a,b   Lam, Dennis ^d  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault diagnosis; Optical fiber testing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031276310     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634728     Document Type: Article

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