Six important programs of commercially available software for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers are described with attention to advanced simulations. A more detailed description is given of two programs, EDFA Design(R) and VPIComponentMaker(R). The models included in the software are discussed, and their implicit assumptions are explained and examined
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Transparent Optical Networks, 2001. Proceedings of 2001 3rd International Conference on
Date of Conference: 2001