Optical noise and dispersion monitoring with SOA-based optical 2R regenerator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 244-246

  Vorreau, Philipp ^a   Kilper, Daniel C ^b   Leuthold, Juerg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical communication; Optical components; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DISPERSION MONITORING; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING; OPTICAL PULSE MEASUREMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 12344260730     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.838622     Document Type: Article

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