Abstract
A novel gain-clamping technique that controls the amplifier output power of the gain-clamp light by the ALC mechanism is proposed and experimentally confirmed. It yields signal-light gain controllability and stability in burst-mode PON signal amplification.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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