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IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume 18 Number 3, March 2000

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Simple and Accurate Procedure for Modeling Erbium-Doped Waveguide Amplifiers with High Concentration

M. V. D. Vermelho, Ulf Peschel and J. Stewart Aitchison Member, IEEE, Member, OSA

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Abstract:

In this paper, we present an accurate, fast, and easily implemented procedure for modeling erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWA's) with high concentration doping level. The model is shown to be in a very good agreement when compared with experimental results, and is used in a detailed analysis of a waveguide amplifier with 980-nm pumping.

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