MULTIPASS AMPLIFIERS USING OPTICAL CIRCULATORS

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作者
KRASINSKI, J
HELLER, DF
BAND, YB
机构
[1] Corporate Technology Center, Allied-Signal Inc., Momstown, NJ 07960
[2] Corporate Technology Center, Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ 07960
[3] Corporate Technology Center, Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ 07960
[4] Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva
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10.1109/3.55537
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present a method of multipassing a pulse of light through an amplifier using an optical circulator, a nonreciprocal component composed of polarization beam splitters, and a Faraday rotator. The pulse can be double, triple, or quadruple passed through the amplifier depending upon the arrangement of the optical circulator. Numerical calculations and experimental results for multipass amplifiers are presented. © 1990 IEEE
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页码:950 / 959
页数:10
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