We theoretically and numerically study the difference frequency generation and the signal amplification bandwidth together with the pump wavelength acceptance for counterpropagating optical parametric amplifiers. It is shown that the specific advantage of those amplifiers is that the DFG and amplification bandwidth is much narrower than in a co-propagating scheme, thus making it possible to shi...

We use a detailed numerical model of stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering to compute mode instability thresholds in Tm(3+)-doped fiber amplifiers. The fiber amplifies 2040 nm light using a 790 nm pump. The cross-relaxation process is strong, permitting power efficiencies of 60%. The predicted instability thresholds are compared with those in similar Yb(3+)-doped fiber amplifiers with 976 nm p...

In this contribution, a set of robust GaN MMIC T/R switches and low-noise amplifiers, all based on the same GaN process, is presented. The target operating bandwidths are the X-band and the 2-18 GHz bandwidth. Several robustness tests on the fabricated MMICs demonstrate state-ofthe-art survivability to CW input power levels. The development of high-power amplifiers, robust low-noise amplifiers ...

For low-voltage, low-power circuit design, the linear model for operational amplifiers is insufficient to accurately predict the static and dynamic behavior of the circuit. This paper introduces a nonlinear model for operational amplifiers based on amplifiers’ DC transfer characteristic. By using this nonlinear model, the behavior of an operational amplifier with feedback network can be describ...

Time-domain responses of wideband CMOS amplifiers using several inductive peaking techniques are presented. Transient performance considerations are described including the effects of transistor parasitics on settling time, edge rates, etc. A combination of timeand frequency-domain performance is derived for a given bandwidth extension technique and tradeoffs are discussed. Measured results for...

Generation of sub-150-fs-level pulses has been obtained from an Yb-doped crystal-based regenerative amplifier by applying an innovative amplification scheme. This scheme is based on optimization of the linear and non-linear phase during the amplification process inside the regenerative amplifier cavity. This technique with Yb:KYW allows to achieve pulse durations from diode-pumped Yb-doped rege...

Rules are derived for choosing one among the four kinds of basic amplifiers to be embedded in a particular passive feedback network. The loop transmission is identified and conditions for mismatch are obtained from a unified analysis of feedback circuits. Past experience gained with voltage mode basic amplifiers, the laws of duality and mismatch are applied to choose the building blocks employe...

Optical Amplifiers are essentials components in long haul fibre optic system. An amplifier is a electronic device that can increase the power of signal. An Optical Amplifier is effectively the opposite of attenuator while Optical Amplifiers provide gain and attenuator provides loss. When a signal travels in a optical fibre medium the signal suffer from various losses such as fibre losses, atten...