Reduction of Nonlinear Distortion From a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Using an Optical Equalizer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 921-923

  Bhardwaj, Ashish ^a   Doerr, Christopher R ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^a   Stulz, Lawrence W ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear distortion; Optical equalizers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DISPERSION (WAVES); EQUALIZERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTODETECTORS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL EQUALIZERS; OPTICAL POWERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

NONLINEAR DISTORTION;

EID: 1642586983     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823747     Document Type: Article

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