Title :
Measurements and Simulations of nonlinear noise redistribution in an SOA
Author :
Öhman, Filip ; Tromborg, Bjarne ; Mørk, Jesper ; Aurelius, Andreas ; Djupsjöbacka, Anders ; Berntson, Anders
Author_Institution :
Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Measurements and numerical simulations of the noise statistics after a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) demonstrate nonlinear noise redistribution. The redistribution, which relies on self-modulation due to gain saturation and carrier dynamics, shows a strong power and bandwidth dependence and can be important for SOA-based regenerators.
Keywords :
laser noise; optical saturation; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; statistical distributions; SOA; SOA-based regenerators; carrier dynamics; gain saturation; noise statistics; noise statistics measurement; nonlinear noise redistribution; numerical simulations; self-modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; Bit error rate; Gain measurement; Noise measurement; Numerical simulation; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transfer functions; Noise; optical communications; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.837731
