Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Principles and Applications (Paperback)

List of Acronyms and Symbols.

A: FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION IN ERBIUM-DOPED SINGLE-MODE FIBERS.

Modeling Light Amplification in Erbium-Doped Single-Mode Fibers.

Fundamentals of Noise in Optical Fiber Amplifiers.

Photodetection of Optically Amplified Signals.

B: CHARACTERISTICS OF ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS.

Characteristics of Erbium-Doped Fibers.

Gain, Saturation and Noise Characteristics of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers.

C: DEVICE AND SYSTEM APPLICATIONS OF ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS.

Device Applications of EDFAs.

System Applications of EDFAs.

Appendix A: Rate Equations for Stark Split Three-Level Laser Systems.

Appendix B: Comparison of LP01 Bessel Solution and Gaussian Approximation for the Fundamental Fiber Mode Envelope.

Appendix C: Example of Program Organization and Subroutines for Numerical Integration of General Rate Equations (1.68).

Appendix D: Emission and Absorption Coefficients for Three-Level Laser Systems with Gaussian Mode Envelope Approximation.

Appendix E: Analytical Solutions for Pump and Signal+Ase in the Unsaturated Gain Regime, for Unidirectional and Bidirectional Pumping.

Appendix F: Density Matrix Description of Stark Split Three-Level Laser Systems.

Appendix G: Resolution of the Amplifier PGF Differential Equation in the Linear Gain Regime.

Appendix H: Calculation of the Output Noise and Variance of Lumped Amplifier Chains.

Appendix I: Derivation of a General Formula for the Optical Noise Figure of Amplifier Chains.

Appendix J: Derivation of the Nonlinear Photon Statistics Master Equation and Moment Equations for Two- or Three-Level Laser Systems.

Appendix K: Semiclassical Determination of Noise Power Spectral Density in Amplified Light Photodetection.

Appendix L: Derivation of the Absorption and Emission Cross Sections Through Einstein's A and B Coefficients.

Appendix M: Calculation of Homogeneous Absorption and Emission Cross Sections by Deconvolution of Experimental Cross Sections.

Appendix N: Rate Equations for Three-Level Systems with Pump Excited State Absorption.

Appendix O: Determination of Explicit Analytical Solution for a Low Gain, Unidirectionally Pumped EDFA with Single-Signal Saturation.

Appendix P: Determination of EDFA Excess Noise Factor in the Signal-Induced Saturation Regime.

Appendix Q: Average Power Analysis for Self-Saturated EDFAs.

Appendix R: A Computer Program for the Description of Amplifier Self-Saturation Through the Equivalent Input Noise Model.

Appendix S: Finite Difference Resolution Method for Transient Gain Dynamics in EDFAs.

Appendix T: Analytical Solutions for Transient Gain Dynamics in EDFAs.

Appendix U: Derivation of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation.

References.

Index.