Modeling signal and ASE evolution in erbium-doped amplifiers with the method of lines

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1589-1600

  Laliotis, Athanasios ^a   Yeatman, Eric M ^a   Al Bader, Samir J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE); Erbium doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs); Method of lines (MoL)

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL PUMPING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; ERBIUM-DOPED WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS; METHOD OF LINES;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33644998774     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.863242     Document Type: Article

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