DE69300426D1 - Verstärker mit optischer Leistungsbegrenzung. - Google Patents

Verstärker mit optischer Leistungsbegrenzung.

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DE69300426D1
DE69300426D1 DE69300426T DE69300426T DE69300426D1 DE 69300426 D1 DE69300426 D1 DE 69300426D1 DE 69300426 T DE69300426 T DE 69300426T DE 69300426 T DE69300426 T DE 69300426T DE 69300426 D1 DE69300426 D1 DE 69300426D1
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power amplifier
optical power
optical
amplifier
power
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DE69300426T2 (de
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Martin Zirngibl
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AT&T Corp
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AT&T Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/29—Repeaters
    • H04B10/291—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
    • H04B10/2912—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form characterised by the medium used for amplification or processing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/13—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude
    • H01S3/1301—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude in optical amplifiers
    • H01S3/1302—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude in optical amplifiers by all-optical means, e.g. gain-clamping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/29—Repeaters
    • H04B10/291—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/29—Repeaters
    • H04B10/291—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
    • H04B10/293—Signal power control
    • H04B10/294—Signal power control in a multiwavelength system, e.g. gain equalisation
    • H04B10/296—Transient power control, e.g. due to channel add/drop or rapid fluctuations in the input power
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/06754—Fibre amplifiers
    • H01S3/06779—Fibre amplifiers with optical power limiting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/13—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude
    • H01S3/131—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude by controlling the active medium, e.g. by controlling the processes or apparatus for excitation
    • H01S3/1315—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude by controlling the active medium, e.g. by controlling the processes or apparatus for excitation by gain saturation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/14—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range characterised by the material used as the active medium
    • H01S3/16—Solid materials
    • H01S3/1601—Solid materials characterised by an active (lasing) ion
    • H01S3/1603—Solid materials characterised by an active (lasing) ion rare earth
    • H01S3/1608—Solid materials characterised by an active (lasing) ion rare earth erbium

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
DE69300426T 1992-01-27 1993-01-20 Verstärker mit optischer Leistungsbegrenzung. Expired - Fee Related DE69300426T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US07/825,900 US5155780A (en) 1992-01-27 1992-01-27 Optical limiting amplifier

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DE69300426D1 true DE69300426D1 (de) 1995-10-12
DE69300426T2 DE69300426T2 (de) 1997-02-06

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US (1) US5155780A (de)
EP (1) EP0556951B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2609791B2 (de)
DE (1) DE69300426T2 (de)

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US5239607A (en) * 1992-06-23 1993-08-24 Bell Communications Research, Inc. Optical fiber amplifier with flattened gain
US5537243A (en) * 1993-12-17 1996-07-16 At&T Corp. All-optical flip-flop
US5434701A (en) * 1993-12-17 1995-07-18 At&T Corp. All-optical inverter
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CA2196364C (en) * 1996-02-23 2000-11-21 Atul Kumar Srivastava Method of fast gain control in wdm optical networks
KR19990035458A (ko) * 1997-10-31 1999-05-15 윤종용 증폭이득 고정형 광증폭기
US6035079A (en) * 1998-08-11 2000-03-07 Trw Inc. Saturable absorber based optical inverter
US6421170B1 (en) * 1998-09-18 2002-07-16 Corning Incorporated Gain control and shaping of EDFAs via dual cavity gain control
US6347008B1 (en) * 1999-06-14 2002-02-12 Tellium, Inc. Optical amplifier system and optical network having flattened gain and constant per channel output power
FR2799067A1 (fr) * 1999-09-29 2001-03-30 Cit Alcatel Limiteur de puissance optique
US6636666B2 (en) 2001-05-14 2003-10-21 University Of Iowa Research Foundation Optical power equalizer
US6552844B2 (en) 2001-06-01 2003-04-22 Agere Systems Guardian Corp. Passively output flattened optical amplifier
JP3762997B2 (ja) * 2003-08-28 2006-04-05 独立行政法人情報通信研究機構 光パルス分離装置及び方法
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US4723824A (en) * 1983-11-25 1988-02-09 The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Fiber optic amplifier
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US5058974A (en) * 1989-10-06 1991-10-22 At&T Bell Laboratories Distributed amplification for lightwave transmission system
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JPH0613689A (ja) 1994-01-21
EP0556951A1 (de) 1993-08-25
EP0556951B1 (de) 1995-09-06
JP2609791B2 (ja) 1997-05-14
DE69300426T2 (de) 1997-02-06
US5155780A (en) 1992-10-13

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