Demonstration of optical noise reduction using nonlinear absorption in a semiconductor laser amplifier

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 861-865

  Tsurusawa, Munefumi ^a   Usami, Masashi ^a   Matsushima, Yuichi ^a  

^a KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

NONLINEAR ABSORPTION EFFECT; OPTICAL NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033123961     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788460     Document Type: Article

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