Title :
Effects of dispersion, PMD, and PDL on the intensity noise suppression of spectrum-sliced incoherent light sources using semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Kim, Hoon ; Kim, Sangho ; Hwang, Seoagtaek ; Oh, Yunje
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. R&D Center, Samsung Electron., Kyunggi-Do, South Korea
Abstract :
We show, through experiment, that the intensity noise suppression of spectrum-sliced incoherent light sources achieved by using gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers can be negated by chromatic dispersion, polarization-mode dispersion, or polarization-dependent loss.
Keywords :
interference suppression; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; random noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD; WDM passive optical networks; chromatic dispersion; gain-saturated SOA; gain-saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers; intensity noise suppression; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion; spectrum-sliced incoherent light sources; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Light sources; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Page description languages; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193005
