Noise analysis of frequency converters utilizing semiconductor-laser amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Obermann, Kristof ^b   Koltchanov, Igor ^b,d,e   Petermann, Klaus ^a,b,f,g   Diez, Stefan ^b,c,h   Ludwig, Reinhold ^b,c,i   Weber, Hans G ^c,j,k,l,m  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER OF UNIQUE INSTRUMENTATION   (Russian Federation)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^g AEG   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^j PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^m Nachrichtentechnik Berlin ^*

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Author keywords

Four wave mixing in semiconductor laser amplifiers (SLA's); Noise of nonlinear SLA's; Nonlinear signal processing with SLA's

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; LIGHT EMISSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; FREQUENCY DETUNING; NOISE POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030785145     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.554895     Document Type: Article

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