DocumentCode
865501
Title
Accurate determination of the noise figure of polarization-dependent optical amplifiers: theory and experiment
Author
Briant, Tristan ; Grangier, Philippe ; Tualle-Brouri, Rosa ; Bellemain, Alain ; Brenot, Romain ; Thédrez, Bruno
Author_Institution
Centre Scientifique d´´Orsay, Inst. d´´Opt., Orsay
Volume
24
Issue
3
fYear
2006
fDate
3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1499
Lastpage
1503
Abstract
The authors compare both theoretically and experimentally an optical and an electrical method for determining the noise factor (NF) of optical amplifiers. The influence of polarization dependence on the optical method is discussed in detail. The resulting noise measurement method is then used to characterize a novel multiple quantum well (MQW) amplifier, and an electrical noise figure of 6 dB is demonstrated for the first time
Keywords
laser noise; light polarisation; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; multiple quantum well amplifier; noise figure; polarization dependence; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Noise factor (NF); polarization dependence; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.2005.864001
Filename
1605354
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