Methods for stabilizing the gain of EDFAs in burst switching optical networks

Photonic Network Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-166

  Feng, Hao ^a   Patzak, Erwin ^a   Saniter, Jürgen ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burst mode transmission; Burst switching; EDFA; EDFA dynamics

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FEEDBACK; GAIN MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

DYNAMIC GAIN CHANGES;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0036255993     PISSN: 1387974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015339328411     Document Type: Article

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