Title :
An all-fiber low-noise hybrid erbium-Brillouin amplified laser source
Author :
Yi, Lilin ; Hu, Weisheng ; Su, Yikai ; Li Zhan ; Zheng, Zheng ; Hu, Peigang ; Dong, Yi ; Fan, Ge ; Shen, Haigen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel all-fiber hybrid erbium-Brillouin amplified laser source, and achieve 8-dB reduction of RIN compared with an EDFA based source. The resulting spurious-free dynamic range in an analog system is improved by 6.8 dB
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; erbium; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; EDFA; all-fiber laser source; analog system; hybrid erbium-Brillouin amplified laser; low-noise laser source; relative intensity noise; spurious-free dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Radiofrequency amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215508
