DocumentCode
1805634
Title
Understanding the statistical noise properties of an optical pulse propagating in a nonlinear semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) -experimental and theoretical study
Author
Bilenca, Alberto ; Eisenstein, Gadi
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Volume
1
fYear
2005
fDate
6-11 March 2005
Abstract
We present a theoretical analysis of the statistical properties of the noise accompanying an optical pulse propagating in a saturated SOA. The theoretical predictions show noise redistribution and are confirmed by a series of experiments.
Keywords
optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; statistical analysis; nonlinear optics; optical pulse propagation; saturated SOA; semiconductor optical amplifier; statistical property; Acoustic noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN
1-55752-783-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2005.192538
Filename
1497618
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