Noise spectra of semiconductor optical amplifiers: Relation between semiclassical and quantum descriptions

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 869-877

  Shtaif, Mark ^a,b   Tromborg, Bjarne ^a,c   Eisenstein, Gadi ^a,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Tele Danmark R&D   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032073309     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.668775     Document Type: Article

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