Study on optimum fiber length for maximum gain in C- and L-band EDFAs

Optics Communications

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 546-551

  Rieznik, A A ^a,b   Fragnito, H L ^a   Costa e Silva, M B ^c   Von der Weid, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PADTEC   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); POWER EQUATION MODEL;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33749183752     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.07.038     Document Type: Article

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