Title :
Chromatic dispersion measurement error caused by source amplified spontaneous emission
Author :
Dennis, T. ; Williams, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically the degrading effect of noise from source amplified spontaneous emission on measurements of chromatic dispersion using the modulation phase-shift method. We show that dramatic performance improvements can be realized simply by using a narrow-band tracking filter.
Keywords :
measurement errors; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; optical noise; superradiance; tracking filters; chromatic dispersion measurement error; modulation phase-shift method; narrow-band tracking filter; noise; source amplified spontaneous emission; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Measurement errors; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Spontaneous emission; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.834877
