Communications Performance of a Multimode EDFA

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1337-1339

  Spellmeyer, Neal W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Optical communication; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical receivers; Photodetectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347948919     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.883822     Document Type: Article

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