All-optical AGC of EDFA based on SOA

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1209-1214

  Ben Ezra, Y ^a   Haridim, M ^a   Lembrikov, B I ^a  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic gain control (ACG); Cross gain modulation (XGM); Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Terms All optical networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERBIUM; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSIENTS;

AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL; CROSS-GAIN MODULATION; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33751363913     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.884581     Document Type: Article

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