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Device that amplifies an optical signal
An optical amplifier is a device that amplifies an optical signal directly, without the need to first convert it to an electrical signal. An optical amplifier may be thought of as a laser without an optical cavity, or one in which feedback from the cavity is suppressed. Optical amplifiers are important in optical communication and laser physics. They are used as optical repeaters in the long distance fiber-optic cables which carry much of the world's telecommunication links. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Optical amplifierA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Entanglement enhancement in cavity magnomechanics by an optical parametric amplifierInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Fiber LasersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Compression of amplified chirped optical pulsesCited 3,353 times
- Go sideways: Raman amplificationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Erbium-doped waveguide amplifierA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses
Quantum optical cloning amplifier
Polymer optical fiber amplifier
Femtosecond erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier
A quasi-optical amplifier
Polarisation-independent configuration optical amplifier
Quantum Optical State Comparison Amplifier
Optical amplifier bistability on reflection
🆕 Influential since 2022
Entanglement enhancement in cavity magnomechanics by an optical parametric amplifier
High-speed signal processing and wide band optical semiconductor amplifier in the optical communication systems
Watt-class silicon photonics-based optical high-power amplifier
Harmonics-assisted optical phase amplifier
Multicolor nonreciprocal optical amplifier with spinning active optomechanics
📚 Books worth reading
Fiber LasersOleg G. Okhotnikov · 2012
Light propagation in gain mediaMalin Premaratne · 2011
Broadband Circuits for Optical Fiber CommunicationEduard Säckinger · 2005
Principles of Semiconductor Laser Diodes and AmplifiersH. Ghafouri-Shiraz · 2003
Optical amplifiers and their applicationsOptical Amplifiers and Their Applications Topical Meeting · 2002
Optically Amplified WDM NetworksJohn Zyskind · 2010
Erbium-doped fiber amplifiersEmmanuel Desurvire · 1994
Analysis and Design of Transimpedance Amplifiers for Optical ReceiversEduard Säckinger · 2017
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🔗 Related topics
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