Experimental demonstration of pattern effect compensation using an asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometer with SOAs

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1325-1327

  Xu, Q ^a   Yao, M ^a   Dong, Y ^a   Cai, W ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inline amplifier; Optical communications; Pattern effect; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

INLINE AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0035670679     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.969896     Document Type: Article

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