Title :
Bi-directional transmission with erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The advantages and limitations of various approaches to bidirectional transmission with EDFAs are described. Emphasis is on open cascades of EDFAs in which no isolators or WDM components are present.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser arrays; optical transmitters; EDFA open cascades; Er-doped fiber amplifiers; bidirectional transmission; Bidirectional control; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Isolators; Postal services; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.565145
