Title :
Noise statistics of fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Kylemark, Per ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Torounidis, Thomas ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnology & Nanoscience, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We show both theoretically and experimentally that the probability density function of a signal amplified by parametric amplifiers with pump excess noise is non-Gaussian and asymmetric. This impacts the relationship between the noise figure and the bit-error rate.
Keywords :
laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; bit-error rate; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; noise figure; noise statistics; nonGaussian pump excess noise; probability density function; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Parametric statistics; Probability density function; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215650
