Record high saturation power (+22 dBm) and low noise figure (5.7 dB) polarization-insensitive SOA module

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1298-1300

  Morito, Ken ^a   Tanaka, Shinsuke ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Gain measurement; Quantum wells; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLIFIER NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOAS);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 20544445645     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.846472     Document Type: Article

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