Gain stabilisation of all-optical gain-clamped amplifier by using Faraday rotator mirrors

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 458-460

  Takushima, Y ^a   Kikuchi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS;

FARADAY ROTATOR MIRRORS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0032485169     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980269     Document Type: Article

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