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
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;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813456
