• DocumentCode
    2978485
  • Title

    Simulation of the nonlinear phase noise in saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Wei, Xing ; Zhang, Liming

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    713
  • Abstract
    The nonlinear phase noise in saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers with DPSK modulation is studied by numerical simulation. It is found that the phase noise can be significantly reduced by increasing the carrier lifetime.
  • Keywords
    carrier lifetime; differential phase shift keying; numerical analysis; optical noise; phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; DPSK modulation; carrier lifetime; differential phase eye diagram; nonlinear phase noise simulation; optical noise; saturated semiconductor optical amplifier; Charge carrier lifetime; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Phase noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201898
  • Filename
    1572964