Waveform distortion in a gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier for NRZ and Manchester formats

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 433-437

  Inoue, K ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gain saturation; Manchester code; NRZ code; Optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GAIN SATURATED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); MANCHESTER FORMATS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031339491     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19971455     Document Type: Article

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