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Optical network employing erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

  • US 20020141020A1
  • Filed: 05/28/2002
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A terrestrial optical communication network comprising a plurality of fiber optic links and free-space links between which optical signals are optically coupled by erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), wherein a power gain of at least one of the EDFAs is operable to be controlled in response to one or more factors.

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