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9
EDF Ampliers and Simulink
®
Models
Optical ber ampliers are dominating the loss compensation in ber-optic communica-
tion
s
ystems,
e
specially
t
he
e
rbium-doped
t
ypes
f
or
c
ommunication
s
pectrum
b
ased
o
n
s
ilica
bers.
S
everal
m
odels
h
ave
b
een
d
eveloped
f
or
s
uch
p
hotonic
a
mplication
d
evices.
H
owever,
t
here
a
re
n
o
c
omprehensive
m
odels
d
eveloped
i
n
M
ATLAB
®
Simulink
®
plat-
form.
T
his
c
hapter
d
escribes
i
n
d
etail
t
he
d
evelopment
o
f
a
S
imulink
m
odel
f
or
e
rbium-
doped
ber ampliers (EDFAs) operating under steady state and dynamic condition.
The
e
quations
t
hat
g
overn
t
he
p
ump
a
nd
s
ignal
p
ropagation
i
n
t
he
d
oped
ber
a
re
d
erived
a
nd
t
abulated
w
ith