Optical fibers and amplifiers for WDM systems

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1765-1779

  Yadlowsky, Michael J ^a   Deliso, Evelyn M ^a   Silva, Valéria L D A ^a  

^a Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium materials devices; Optical amplifiers; Optical communication; Optical communication equipment; Optical distortion

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; PUMPING (LASER); SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; OPTICAL REPEATERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031276443     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.649655     Document Type: Article

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