DocumentCode
349246
Title
Stabilization of multichannel fiber loop memory by gain clamped optical amplifier
Author
Chai, Y. ; Wang, L.M. ; Choa, F.S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Volume
1
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
21
Abstract
We present our experimental results of using a gain-clamped Er-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) to stabilize gain and signals in a WDM loop memory. Our results show that signal fluctuation can be significantly reduced and stabilized memory operations can be achieved
Keywords
erbium; laser stability; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical storage; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM loop memory; gain clamped optical amplifier; gain-clamped Er-doped fibre amplifier; multichannel fiber loop memory; signal fluctuation; stabilized memory operations; Clamps; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5634-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813456
Filename
813456
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