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Characterization of lasing-oscillation direction in optical gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Mahdi et al., 2007

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12445293586155892456
Author
Mahdi M
Adikan F
Subramaniam T
Ahmad H
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Publication venue
Optics & Laser Technology

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In this paper, the effect of ring-laser propagating direction in gain-clamped erbium-doped fiber amplifiers is investigated. The optical amplifier architecture under study is based on ring-laser cavity. The strongest gain-clamping effect is obtained for bi-traveling ring-laser in …
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