Semiconductor laser optical amplifiers for multichannel coherent optical transmission

The application of semiconductor laser optical amplifiers in multichannel coherent optical transmission systems is investigated. The amplifiers considered ( lambda =1.3 mu m) exhibit a gain of 24 dB at a grain ripple >

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