• DocumentCode
    2106302
  • Title

    Noise Transfer in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

  • Author

    Tang, Xuefeng ; Kim, Na Young ; Cartledge, John C.

  • Author_Institution
    Queen´´s Univ., Kingston
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    812
  • Lastpage
    813
  • Abstract
    A theoretical model is presented to analyze the noise transfer characteristics of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) under excitation of a noisy data signal and a noise-free probe signal.
  • Keywords
    semiconductor optical amplifiers; noise transfer; noise-free probe signal; noisy data signal; semiconductor optical amplifier; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382656
  • Filename
    4382656