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Femtosecond Frequency Combs

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWA1
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• Holzwarth, Ronald; Hänsch, Theodor

Cross Gain Modulation in Asymmetrical Multi-Quantum Well Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB1
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• Wan, S M; Tsang, Hon Ki; Su, Y S; Lin, C F
• Cross gain modulation in an asymmetrical multi-quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier is studied. The wider bandgap quantum wells act as carrier reservoirs for the narrower...

Tunability of a Single Frequency EDF Ring Laser Based on the Bending Losses of a Depressed-Cladding Fiber

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB10
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• Foroni, Matteo; Ruggeri, Letizia; Poli, Federica; Gaboardi, Paolo; Cucinotta, Annamaria; Selleri, Stefano
• The bending losses of a depressed-cladding fiber have been exploited to tune the wavelength of a single frequency erbium doped fiber ring laser. This novel tuning method has been...

Time-Domain Analysis of a Novel Phase-Locked Coherent Optical Demodulator

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB11
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• Zibar, Darko; Johansson, Leif A; Chou, Hsu-Feng; Ramaswamy, Anand; Bowers, John E
• Detailed analysis of a novel highly linear phase-locked coherent optical demodulator is presented. We investigate how loop gain, phase-modulator non-linearity and amplitude...

Coherence in Optical Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Interference

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB12
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• Zheng, Jesse
• A coherence theory of optical frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) interference is introduced, which is modified from the classical coherence theory and can explain the effect...

Experimental Evidence of Spatial Coherence Moirè

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB13
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• Castaneda, Roman; Herrera, Jorge A; Usuga-Castañeda, Mario A
• We present the experimental evidence of spatial coherence moiré, produced by the superposition of uncorrelated spatial coherence wavelets. We show that it can be modulated using a...

Angle En-Decoding for Photonic RF Amplifiers and A/D Converters

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB14
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• Wyntjes, Geert J; Rall, David; Atkinson, Jay
• We will discuss the advantages of linear angle, phase encoding between pairs of optical carriers, beams, and its recovery through interferometry in the same domain for, in the design...

Generation of Continuous-Wave 916 nm and 458 nm Nd:LuVO4 Lasers

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB15
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• Zhang, Chunyu; Zhang, Ling; Zhang, Chi; Wei, Zhiyi; Zhang, Zhiguo; Zhang, HuaiJin; Wang, Jiyang; Gao, Chunqing
• We reported the CW Nd:LuVO4 lasers operating at 916 nm and 458 nm for the first time. The maximum output power of 930 mW at 916 nm and 50 mW of 458 nm were obtained.

Diode-Pumped Passively Mode-Locked 912-nm Nd:GdVO4 Laser

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB16
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• Zhang, Chi; Zhang, Ling; Zhang, Chunyu; Li, Dehua; Wei, Zhiyi; Zhang, Zhiguo; Li, Wenbo
• We demonstrated the first mode-locked Nd:GdVO4 laser of 912 nm. Using a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking, stable output power of 30.8 mW is obtained...

Diode-Pumped Passively Mode-Locked Nd:LuVO4 Laser Operating at 916 nm

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB17
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• Zhang, Ling; Zhang, Chi; Zhang, Chunyu; Wei, Zhiyi; Zhang, Zhiguo; Zhang, Huaijin; Wang, Jiyang; Strohmaier, Stephan; Eichler, Hans
• We demonstrated a mode-locked Nd:LuVO4 laser operating at 916 nm. Using a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror for passive mode locking, stable average output power of 26 mW was...

Electromagnetic Spatial Coherence Wavelets and Radiometry

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB18
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• Castaneda, Roman; Herrera, Jorge A
• Generalised radiance tensors are introduced. The trace of the electric tensor allows defining the generalised radiant intensity and the generalised radiant emittance. The trace of...

Adaptive Optics in Free-Space Coherent Laser Systems

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB19
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• Belmonte, Aniceto
• The aim of this study is to consider the possibility of using new, affordable adaptive optics technologies to improve substantially the performance and reliability of free-space...

All-optical Ultrafast OTDM Demultiplexing By Using an Unbiased Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB2
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• Caputo, Stefano; Crognale, Claudio
• The preliminary study of the performances of an all-optical de-multiplexer based on the Cross Gain Modulation in unbiased Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers is presented. The 1ps FWHM...

Measurement of Fluid Velocities by Means of Photo-ElectroMotive Force Effect

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB20
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• Arroyo Carrasco, Maximino L; Muñoz Solís, Silvino; Méndez Otero, Marcela Maribel; Martí Panameño, Erwin A; Rodrígez Montero, Ponciano
• It is possible to measure the velocity of fluids with the interference between scattered light from the fluid and a phase modulated reference beam by means of photodetectors based on...

Improvement of CSO/CTB Performances Employing Up-Converted and Polarization Modulation Techniques

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB21
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• Tsai, Wen-Shing; Lu, Hai-Han; Tzeng, Shah-Jye; Liaw, Je-Wei; Ji, Yu-Jie
• A two-wavelength WDM CATV transport system that employed up-converted and polarization modulation (PolM) techniques is proposed and demonstrated. Good performances of CSO and CTB...

Doppler Frequency Estimation with a Dual Wavelength Fiber Coherent Lidar

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB22
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• Cariou, Jean-Pierre; Valla, Matthieu
• We propose a new technique using a transmitter with two simultaneous phase correlated wavelengths. Heterodyne signals are correlated to give the Doppler information. The performances...

Non-Optimality of Distributed Amplification in Presence of Nonlinear Phase Noise

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB23
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• Lau, Alan Pak Tao; Kahn, Joseph M
• We study the optimization of the number of amplifiers in a link of fixed overall length with nonlinear phase noise, and show that bit-error probability and capacity are optimized by...

Optical Phase-Locked Loop Performance in Homodyne Detection Using Pulsed and CW LO

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB24
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• Cho, Pak S
• Theoretical comparison of balanced and Costas optical phase-locked loops performance in homodyne detection using pulsed- and CW-LO is reported. Analytical expressions of the total...

Comparing the Performances of Optical DQPSK Signal Generated by Single Modulator with and without Pulse Carver

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB25
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• Wei-Ren, Peng; Shen-You, Tsai; Jason (Jyehong), Chen; Sien, Chi
• Optical DQPSK signals are generated using one DD-MZM. Using a RZ carver, the ripples in the NRZ format can be effectively suppressed and 4 dB receiving sensitivity improvement can be...

Error Probabilities in Optical Transmission Systems Based on DPSK and OOK

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• Optical Amplifiers and Their Applications (OAA) 2006 paper: JWB26
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• Zhu, Xianming; Kumar, Shiva
• Variance of nonlinear phase noise in dispersion-managed systems based on differential phase-shift keying is examined analytically. Error probabilities for systems based on DPSK and...