Evidence of noise compression by Cross Gain Compression in SQAs

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Contestabile, G ^a   Proietti, R ^a   Calabretta, N ^a   Giorgi, L ^a   Ciaramella, E ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CROSS GAIN COMPRESSION; NOISE DISTRIBUTIONS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33845369877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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