Spectral broadening of stochastic light intensity-smoothed by a saturated semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 548-551

  Munroe, Michael J ^a,c,d,e   Cooper, John ^b   Raymer, Michael G ^c,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^e AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMPLIFIER NOISE; OPTICAL SATURATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032027767     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.661465     Document Type: Article

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