• 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