The noise figure of optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1602-1604

  Haus, H A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Inst of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Cascade systems; Laser amplifiers; Measurement (noise measurement); Optical amplifiers; Spontaneous emission

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STANDARDS;

AMPLIFIER NOISE;

LASERS;

EID: 0032208302     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.726763     Document Type: Article

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