Title :
Noise properties of semiconductor waveguides with alternating sections of saturable gain and absorption
Author :
Öhman, Filip ; Bischoff, Svend ; Tromborg, Bjarne ; Mork, Jesper
Author_Institution :
COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We investigate the dynamical noise properties of saturable semiconductor devices for optical signal processing. A trade-off between noise redistribution and extinction ratio improvement has to be made for all-optical regeneration.
Keywords :
optical information processing; optical noise; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; extinction ratio; noise property; noise redistribution; optical regeneration; optical signal processing; saturable absorption; saturable gain; saturable semiconductor device; semiconductor waveguide; Absorption; Frequency; Low-frequency noise; Noise figure; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312253
