Detailed theoretical investigation on relative intensity noise reduction enhancement based on reflective SOAs

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1240-1246

  Jia, Xin Hong ^a   Wu, Zheng Mao ^b   Xia, Guang Qiong ^b  

^a SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers (R SOA); Relative intensity noise (RIN) suppression

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZATION; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; INJECTION CURRENTS; INPUT SIGNAL POWER; NOISE REJECTION; NOISE SUPPRESSION; OPTICAL POWER; REFLECTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; RIN REDUCTION; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRUM SLICING; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84857057328     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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