• DocumentCode
    2412890
  • Title

    Demonstration of optical noise reduction using nonlinear absorption in semiconductor laser amplifier

  • Author

    Tsurusawa, M. ; Usami, M. ; Matsushima, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    KDD Kamifukuoka R&D Labs., Saitama, Japan
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 1998
  • Firstpage
    163
  • Lastpage
    164
  • Abstract
    We propose a new way to use the InGaAs MQW semiconductor laser amplifier as an ultra fast noise reduction device. We have successfully confirmed the receiver sensitivity improvement for 0.5 dB in 5 Gb/s NRZ signal by using this principle.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; laser noise; light absorption; nonlinear optics; optical receivers; quantum well lasers; sensitivity; 5 Gbit/s; Gb/s NRZ signal; InGaAs; InGaAs MQW semiconductor laser amplifier; nonlinear absorption; optical noise reduction; receiver sensitivity improvement; semiconductor laser amplifier; ultra fast noise reduction device; Absorption; Indium gallium arsenide; Laser noise; Noise reduction; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Laser Conference, 1998. ISLC 1998 NARA. 1998 IEEE 16th International
  • Conference_Location
    Nara, Japan
  • ISSN
    0899-9406
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4223-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISLC.1998.734187
  • Filename
    734187