학술논문
Accurate determination of the noise figure of polarization-dependent optical amplifiers: theory and experiment
Document Type
Periodical
Source
Journal of Lightwave Technology J. Lightwave Technol. Lightwave Technology, Journal of. 24(3):1499-1503 Mar, 2006
Subject
Language
ISSN
0733-8724
1558-2213
1558-2213
Abstract
The authors compare both theoretically and experimentally an optical and an electrical method for determining the noise factor (NF) of optical amplifiers. The influence of polarization dependence on the optical method is discussed in detail. The resulting noise measurement method is then used to characterize a novel multiple quantum well (MQW) amplifier, and an electrical noise figure of 6 dB is demonstrated for the first time.