A Fokker-Planck equation describing the probability density function of the output intensity of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is derived. We show that a quasi-analytical solution can be obtained for arbitrary input statistics enabling the analysis of chain of cascaded EDFAs.
Fokker-Planck description of the output intensity statistics of single and cascaded EDFAs
2003-01-01
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Fokker-Planck description of the output intensity statistics of single and cascaded EDFAs
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