DE69603935D1 - Optischer Verstärker mit stabilisierter Verstärkung - Google Patents

Optischer Verstärker mit stabilisierter Verstärkung

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DE69603935D1
DE69603935D1 DE69603935T DE69603935T DE69603935D1 DE 69603935 D1 DE69603935 D1 DE 69603935D1 DE 69603935 T DE69603935 T DE 69603935T DE 69603935 T DE69603935 T DE 69603935T DE 69603935 D1 DE69603935 D1 DE 69603935D1
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optical amplifier
stabilized gain
stabilized
gain
amplifier
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Kevin Christopher Byron
Kate Sugden
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Nortel Networks Corp
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Nortel Networks Corp
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    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
    • G02B6/29304—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means operating by diffraction, e.g. grating
    • G02B6/29316—Light guides comprising a diffractive element, e.g. grating in or on the light guide such that diffracted light is confined in the light guide
    • G02B6/29317—Light guides of the optical fibre type
    • G02B6/29319—With a cascade of diffractive elements or of diffraction operations
    • G02B6/2932—With a cascade of diffractive elements or of diffraction operations comprising a directional router, e.g. directional coupler, circulator
    • 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
    • H01S3/0675—Resonators including a grating structure, e.g. distributed Bragg reflectors [DBR] or distributed feedback [DFB] fibre lasers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
DE69603935T 1995-12-16 1996-12-09 Optischer Verstärker mit stabilisierter Verstärkung Expired - Fee Related DE69603935T2 (de)

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GB9525766A GB2308222B (en) 1995-12-16 1995-12-16 Gain clamped amplifier

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DE69603935D1 true DE69603935D1 (de) 1999-09-30
DE69603935T2 DE69603935T2 (de) 1999-12-09

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US (1) US5872649A (de)
EP (1) EP0779689B1 (de)
DE (1) DE69603935T2 (de)
GB (1) GB2308222B (de)

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GB2308222B (en) 1997-11-12
US5872649A (en) 1999-02-16
GB2308222A (en) 1997-06-18
DE69603935T2 (de) 1999-12-09
EP0779689A2 (de) 1997-06-18
GB9525766D0 (en) 1996-02-14
EP0779689B1 (de) 1999-08-25
EP0779689A3 (de) 1998-04-01

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