Optical amplifier with improved linearity

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1993-03-10

1994-08-09

Hellner, Mark

Optical: systems and elements

Optical amplifier

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359337, 372 46, H01S 319

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053371763

ABSTRACT:
Optical amplifier which utilizes a solid-state laser as an amplifying element. In the optical amplifier, according to the invention, a linearity improvement is achieved by feeding the solid-state laser from a voltage source rather than from a current source, as is customary.

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patent: 4907055 (1990-03-01), Shinada
patent: 4952017 (1990-08-01), Henry et al.
"Physics of Semiconductor Devices" by S. M. Sze, Chapter 12, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1981.
"Semiconductor Laser Optical Amplifiers for Use in Future Fiber Systems"by M. J. O'Mahony in Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 6, No. 11, Apr. 1988.
"Compensation of Nonlinearity in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers", Electronics Letters Jul. 21, 1988, vol. 24, No. 15, pp. 950-952.

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