Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers: Principles and Applications

List of Acronyms and Symbols Part - 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 Part - B: Characteristics of Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers Characteristics of Erbium-Doped Fibers Gain, Saturation and Noise Characteristics of Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers Part - 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 Schrödinger Equation References Index