A dispersion management scheme for reducing SOA-induced crosstalk in WDM links

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 417-422

  Xu, Shuangmei ^a   Khurgin, Jacob B ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Fiber dispersion management; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; OPTICAL LINKS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CROSS-GAIN MODULATION; FIBER DISPERSION MANAGEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 1942486347     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822117     Document Type: Article

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