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

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

18

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);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.837731

Filename

1372568