Title :
Noise Transfer in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
Author :
Tang, Xuefeng ; Kim, Na Young ; Cartledge, John C.
Author_Institution :
Queen´´s Univ., Kingston
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382656
