Title :
Harmonic and intermodulation distortion in a semiconductor laser amplifier used as an in-line photodetector
Author :
A. Sharama;J. Le Bihan
Author_Institution :
Lab. RESO, Ecole Nat. d´Ingenieurs de Brest, France
Abstract :
Harmonic and intermodulation distortion in a semiconductor laser amplifier (SLA) used as an in-line photodetector is predicted, by using the harmonic balance technique and the perturbation method. Experimental and theoretical results are presented up to the third order.
Keywords :
"Intermodulation distortion","Laser noise","Semiconductor lasers","Semiconductor optical amplifiers","Nonlinear optics","Photodetectors","Electrons","Voltage","Equations","Spontaneous emission"
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Electron Devices for Microwave and Optoelectronic Applications, 1997. EDMO. 1997 Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4135-X
DOI :
10.1109/EDMO.1997.668626
