Receiver sensitivity improvement using polarization-insensitive semiconductor optical amplifier

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Singh, Surinder ^a   Kaler, R S ^b  

^a Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Bit error rates; Differential phase shift keying; PIN; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

RECEIVER SENSITIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33748591883     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2209193     Document Type: Article

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