• DocumentCode
    1374930
  • Title

    Gain stabilisation of all-optical gain-clamped amplifier by using Faraday rotator mirrors

  • Author

    Takushima, Y. ; Kikuchi, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3/5/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    458
  • Lastpage
    460
  • Abstract
    The authors propose a novel configuration of all-optical gain-clamped amplifiers for suppressing the gain drift caused by polarisation fading of the feedback channel. It is shown experimentally that the gain drift of the clamped gain can be stabilised to within ±0.03 dB
  • Keywords
    Faraday effect; fibre lasers; laser stability; light polarisation; Faraday rotator mirrors; all-optical gain-clamped amplifier; feedback channel; fibre amplifiers; gain drift; gain stabilisation; polarisation fading;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19980269
  • Filename
    674216
    • Link To Document
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