WIDE-BANDWIDTH RECEIVER PHOTODETECTOR FREQUENCY-RESPONSE MEASUREMENTS USING AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION FROM A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER

被引:55
作者
EICHEN, E
SCHLAFER, J
RIDEOUT, W
MCCABE, J
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[1] GTE Laboratories Inc., Waltham
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10.1109/50.54509
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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
The white optical noise (spontaneous-spontaneous beat noise) generated by amplified spontaneous emission from a semiconductor-optical amplifier is used to measure the frequency response of very wide-bandwidth photodetectors and optical receivers. This novel technique can be used to characterize optoelectronic components of arbitrarily wide bandwidths. © 1990 IEEE
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