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Fibre Optic Communication

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The chapter gives a detailed treatment of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA), Raman amplifiers, and parametric amplifiers. Each section comprises the fundamentals including the basic physics and relevant in-depth theoretical modeling, amplifier characteristics and performance data as a function of specific operation parameters. Typical applications in fiber-optic communication systems and the improvements achievable through the use of fiber amplifiers are illustrated.

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    The signal length \(L_{{\textup{eff}}}^{s}\) is defined through the relation \(P_{{\textup{s}}}^{0}L_{{\textup{eff}}}^{s}=\int _{0}^{L}{P_{{\textup{s}}}(z)\mathrm{d}z}\), where \(P_{{\textup{s}}}^{0}\) is the signal power at \(z=0\). In the absence of gain and assuming that the loss rate at the signal and pump wavelength are identical, the signal effective length equals the Raman effective length in (11.23).

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    Rottwitt, K. (2012). Fibre Amplifiers. In: Venghaus, H., Grote, N. (eds) Fibre Optic Communication. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 161. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20517-0_11

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