Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers: linear approximations
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 13 (1) , 33-36
- https://doi.org/10.1109/50.350650
Abstract
In this paper, we show that there is a simple linear model for an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. Specifically, we show that the amplifier gain, raised to a wavelength-dependent power, is strongly linear with respect to the amplifier-induced increase in signal power.Keywords
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