Power excursion suppression in cascades of optical amplifiers with automatic maximum level control

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1051-1053

  Suzuki, H ^a   Takachio, N ^a   Ishida, O ^a   Koga, M ^a  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); GAIN CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AUTOMATIC MAXIMUM LEVEL CONTROL; OPTICAL LINEAR REPEATER; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032651954     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.775343     Document Type: Article

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