Improving signal quality in a spectrum-sliced WDM system using SOA-based noise reduction

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 241-243

  McCoy, Anoma D ^a   Horak, Peter ^a   Thomsen, Benn C ^a   Ibsen, Morten ^a   Mokhtar, M R ^a   Richardson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical noise; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Spectrum slicing; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SPECTRUM SPLICING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 12344319352     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.837916     Document Type: Article

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