Title :
Cancellation of intensity noise caused by stimulated Brillouin scattering in an optical fiber transmission system
Author :
Zhang, Jinye ; Phillips, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
The primary source of broadband intensity noise on an SBS-degraded optical signal is found to be deterministic and depend on the imaginary part of the Brillouin loss spectrum. The noise is reduced by subsequent transmission through a Brillouin amplifier.
Keywords :
interference suppression; light transmission; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; optical noise; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin amplifier transmission; Brillouin loss spectrum imaginary part; SBS-degraded optical signal; broadband intensity noise source; intensity noise cancellation; noise reduction; optical fiber transmission system; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise cancellation; Noise reduction; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193202
