Title :
Supercontinuum lightwave source employing Fabry-Perot filter for generating optical carriers with high signal-to-noise ratio
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
The intensity noise suppression of a supercontinuum lightwave is proposed and demonstrated by employing a Fabry-Perot filter following an optical amplifier. The signal-to-noise ratio of the optical carriers exceeded 40 dB for the first time for a 25 GHz SC-based multi-carrier source.
Keywords :
interference suppression; light sources; optical fibre amplifiers; optical filters; supercontinuum generation; 25 GHz; Fabry-Perot filter; SC-based multicarrier source; intensity noise suppression; optical amplifier; optical carrier generation; signal-to-noise ratio; supercontinuum lightwave source;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20051901
