Experimental study of the statistical properties of nonlinearly amplified signals in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 904-906

  Shtaif, M ^b   Eisenstein, G ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Noise distribution; Nonlinear optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NOISE DISTRIBUTION; POWER DENSITY SPECTRUM (PDS);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031192279     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.593341     Document Type: Article

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