Modeling of the polarization-discriminating-symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type optical-3R gate scheme and its available degree of random-amplitude-noise suppression

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 348-360

  Ueno, Yoshiyasu ^a   Toyoda, Masashi ^a,b   Suzuki, Rei ^a   Nagasue, Youhei ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b Mie Bank Ltd   (Japan)

^c OAS Corporation

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POLARIZATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

3R-GATING; POLARIZATION-DISCRIMINATING-SYMMETRIC-MACH-ZEHNDER (PDSMZ); RANDOM-AMPLITUDE-NOISE SUPPRESSION; SEMICONDUCTOR-OPTICAL-AMPLIFIER (SOA);

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 30344458465     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000348     Document Type: Article

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