Following are the major parameters associated with optical light sources:
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- OCh output power
- OCh wavelength AQ
- Line spacing
- Cutoff A (tunable sources)
- Tunability speed (tunable sources)
- Spectral width (tunable sources)
- Line width (light sources)
- Modulation depth (modulated sources)
- Bit rate (max-min) (modulated sources)
- Source noise
- Dependency on bias
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