WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE OF NOISE-FIGURE IN INGAAS/INGAASP MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL LASER-AMPLIFIER

被引:10
作者
JEPSEN, KS [1 ]
MIKKELSEN, B [1 ]
POVLSEN, JH [1 ]
YAMAGUCHI, M [1 ]
STUBKJAER, KE [1 ]
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[1] NEC CORP LTD,KAWASAKI,KANAGAWA 213,JAPAN
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10.1109/68.141964
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Theoretical and experimental results are presented for the wavelength dependence of the noise figure and the single-pass gain in multiquantum well amplifiers. The theoretical model accounts for both conduction band/heavy-hole band and conduction band/light-hole band transitions. The calculations are in good agreement with the experimental results, which indicate that the noise figure has some dependence on the wavelength. A minimum TWA noise figure of 3.9 dB has been measured at 1550 nm for a single-pass gain of 22 dB.
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