ISBN 0-89006-659-0
Bjarklev
314 pages.
Copyright 1993.








Description

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The most recent design and system applications of OF amplifiers are comprehensively described in this detailed book. With specific focus on the latest telecommunication engineering issues, it reviews all significant properties of optical fiber amplifiers and presents highly accurate models for erbium-, neodymium-, and praseodymium-doped fiber amplifiers.

Table of Contents

Manufacturing of Active Fibers. Properties of Rare-Earth Ions in Glass Host Materials. Characterization Measurements for Rare-Earth-Doped Fibers. Basics of 1550-nm Fiber Amplifiers. Optimization of Er-Doped Fiber. Pump Wavelength Choice for 1550-nm Amplifiers. Improved 1550-nm Amplifiers in Advanced Configurations. The 1300-nm Fiber Amplifier. Fiber Amplifiers in Digital Direct Detection Systems. Distributed Fiber Amplifiers. Amplifiers for AM-Modulated Systems.