• DocumentCode
    1156487
  • Title

    Semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Olsson, N. Anders

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Lab., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    80
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    375
  • Lastpage
    382
  • Abstract
    Reviews some of the recent advances in semiconductor laser amplifiers and highlights some of the device and system issues connected with the use of optical amplifiers. Particular attention is given to noise properties, system applications (i.e. in-line amplifiers, power amplifiers, and receiver preamplifiers), and nonlinear effects. Finally, semiconductor amplifiers are compared with fiber amplifiers
  • Keywords
    electron device noise; optical communication equipment; semiconductor junction lasers; fiber amplifiers; in-line amplifiers; noise properties; nonlinear effects; optical amplifiers; power amplifiers; receiver preamplifiers; semiconductor laser amplifiers; system applications; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5.135354
  • Filename
    135354