Re: gain bandwidth vs. amplification bandwidth

From: mg (nospam_at_nono.com)
Date: 12/29/04


Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 03:38:11 GMT

If gain was in m^(-1)
could it be that
amplification = exp(gain * length)
?

"|)avid |V|adden" <dhm@loopback.mersenne.com> wrote in message
news:m3mzvy9fny.fsf@voxan.mersenne.com...
> Would anyone be kind enough to explain the difference between gain
> bandwidth and amplification bandwidth, in the context of optical
> amplifiers? I've Googled up a bunch of technical papers that talk
> about one, the other, or both, and in ways that make it clear they're
> different, but I can't figure out what the difference is.
>
> Thanks,
> dave m.



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