Intensity noise suppression in spectrum-sliced incoherent light communication systems using a gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier

Author

Kim, Sun-Jong ; Han, Jung-Hee ; Lee, Jae-Seung ; Park, Chang-Soo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Kwangwoon Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

11

Issue

8

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1042

Lastpage

1044

Abstract

Using a gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier, we have suppressed the intensity noise in spectrum-sliced incoherent light communication systems. A large increase has been achieved in the signal-to-noise ratio that is much better than previous results to our knowledge. Using this technique, we have transmitted a 0.36-nm bandwidth 2.5-Gb/s incoherent light signal over 20 km of conventional single-mode fiber without any dispersion compensation. The transmission penalty was 1.5 dB and the error floor level was less than 10/sup -10/.

Keywords

interference suppression; laser noise; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 dB; 2.5 Gbit/s; 20 km; error floor level; gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifier; incoherent light signal; intensity noise suppression; signal-to-noise ratio; single-mode fiber; spectrum-sliced incoherent light communication systems; transmission penalty; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.775340

Filename

775340