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100 mW spectrally-uniform broadband ASE source for spectrum-sliced WDM systems
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100 mW spectrally-uniform broadband ASE source for spectrum-sliced WDM systems

David Sampson and W.T. Holloway
Electronics Letters, Vol.30(19), pp.1611-1612
1994

Abstract

Semiconductor optical amplifiers Wavelength division multiplexing Communication channels (information theory) Data communication systems Frequency division multiplexing Light transmission Optical communication Signal filtering and prediction Spectrum analysis Amplified spontaneous emission Spectrally sliced channels Spectrum slicing Semiconductor lasers
A > 100mW source of broadband ASE with exceptionally flat spectral density and 22nm bandwidth is presented. The source is ideally suited for spectrum-sliced WDM systems. Data transmission at 622Mbit/s using a spectraily-sliced channel tuned over a 15nm range is demonstrated.

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