Mitigating the risk of high power damage to the BT network

BT Technology Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 48-56

  Sikora, Ed ^a   Wright, John ^a   McCartney, David ^a   Farrow, Kristan ^a   Davey, Russell ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBRE AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DAMAGE; OPTICAL POWERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33745859314     PISSN: 13583948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10550-006-0038-5     Document Type: Article

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