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turboman

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    Comment #24147068

    That's a bit of a stretch.

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    Comment #19360820

    So to clear this up a bit. EDFAs (which are the in-line amplifiers which use erbium doping) work by having a section of a fiber doped with erbium ions. Only the part which is going…

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    Comment #19357909

    3) is wrong. The amplifiers are powered by DC, but one side of the fiber provides positive voltage and the other negative - the ocean is not a part of the circuit.