Theoretical and experimental study of fundamental differences in the noise suppression of high-speed SOA-based all-optical switches

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 5080-5086

  Nielsen, Mads L ^a   Mørk, Jesper ^a   Suzuki, Rei ^b   Sakaguchi, Jun ^b   Ueno, Yoshiyasu ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); FIBER OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); SIGNAL QUALITY;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 22744454585     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005080     Document Type: Article

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