Simple model of optical amplifier chains to evaluate penalties in WDM systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1570-1576

  Forghieri, Fabrizio ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Tkach, R W ^a   Favin, D L ^c  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Pirelli Labs SpA   (Italy)

^c TYCO TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^g LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^h AT and T Bell Laboratories ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Lightwave Transmiss Systems R D D   (Italy)

^j Lightwave Systems Research   (United States)

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Author keywords

Erbium doped amplifier; Modeling; Optical amplifier; Optical fiber communication; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032163032     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.712238     Document Type: Article

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