Title :
Optical filtering technique to suppress waveform distortion induced in a gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier
Author_Institution :
NTT Lab., Yokosuka, Japan
fDate :
5/8/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A technique to suppress the waveform distortion induced in a gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier is described. The use of an optical filter to eliminate the frequency chirping component which accompanies the distortion reshapes the signal waveform. An experiment using a Mach-Zehnder filter confirms the technique
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical modulation; optical noise; semiconductor lasers; Mach-Zehnder filter; frequency chirping component; gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier; optical filtering technique; signal waveform reshaping; waveform distortion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970588
