Noise in an optical amplifier: Formulation of a new semiclassical model

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1481-1488

  Donati, Silvano ^a   Giuliani, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b University of Pavia ^*

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical signal detection noise; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIER NOISE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031237478     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.622626     Document Type: Article

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