The roles of semiconductor optical amplifiers in optical networks

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 36-42

  Mecozzi, Antonio ^a,b   Wiesenfeld, Jay M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Celion Networks   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CROSSTALK; INTERFEROMETRY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CROSS-GAIN MODULATION (XGM);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0035297233     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPN.12.3.000036     Document Type: Article

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