3.8dB Noise figure in bulk semiconductor optical amplifier

Authors :: Pascal Landais
Frederic Surre
Severine Philippe
Louise Bradley
Kevin Carney
Ramón Maldonado-Basilio
R. Lennox
Source :: 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEOPR).
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: IEEE, 2013.
Abstract: The present paper reports numerical and experimental investigation of noise figure of a multi-section semiconductor optical amplifier. The designed amplifier shows a 3.8dB noise figure, which seems to be the lowest figure reported.

Subjects :: Physics
Noise temperature
Amplifier figures of merit
Optics
Noise-figure meter
Noise generator
business.industry
Effective input noise temperature
Y-factor
Noise figure
business
Low-noise amplifier

Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEOPR)
Accession number :: edsair.doi...........e4fb1efdd5c63b83bdf7e1098a215981

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