Time-domain filtering to reduce signal-spontaneous beat noise for a pulse-type multiwavelength light source

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 757-759

  Sanjoh, Hiroaki ^a   Tsuzuki, Ken ^a   Yoshikuni, Yuzo ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical gating; Optical pulses; Signal spontaneous beat noise; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; AMPLIFIER NOISE; OPTICAL GATES; OPTICAL PULSES; SIGNAL SPONTANEOUS BEAT NOISE;

SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

EID: 0038190866     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.810245     Document Type: Article

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