Title :
Thermodynamic aspects of erbium doped fiber amplifiers
Author :
Aleksic, Slavica
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Telecommun., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
This paper shows analogies between rare-earth doped fiber amplifiers and some thermodynamic systems and presents thermodynamic macroscopic and microscopic models for evaluating energy conversion efficiency and flow of energy and entropy in erbium doped fibers.
Keywords :
entropy; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; thermodynamics; energy conversion efficiency; energy flow; entropy; erbium doped fiber amplifiers; rare earth doped fiber amplifier; thermodynamic aspects; thermodynamic macroscopic; thermodynamic microscopic model; thermodynamic systems; Entropy; Erbium; Heat engines; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Thermodynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
