Noise figure of saturated 1310-nm polarization insensitive multiple-quantum-well optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 873-875

  Tiemeijer, L F ^a   Thijs, P J A ^a   Van Dongen, T ^a   Binsma, J J M ^a   Jansen, E J ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SHOT NOISE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; GAIN SATURATION; NOISE FIGURE DEGRADATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0030193624     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.502255     Document Type: Article

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