Gain characteristics of coherent optical amplifiers using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with Kerr media

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1657-1665

  Imajuku, Wataru ^a   Takada, Atsushi ^a  

^a NTT Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SILICA;

COHERENT OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033342676     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.798089     Document Type: Article

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