Title :
Central limit theorem behavior in pulsed stimulated brillouin scattering in optical fiber
Author :
Correa, Javier ; Manzano, Enrique ; Tracy, Ryan ; Thompson, John R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., DePaul Univ., Chicago, IL
Abstract :
Energy statistics of waveforms generated by pulsed stimulated Brillouin scattering are investigated as the fraction integrated is varied. Pulse energy noise drops and the probability distribution becomes Gaussian as more of the waveform is integrated
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; noise; optical fibres; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Gaussian probability distribution; central limit theorem; energy statistics; optical fiber; pulse energy noise; pulsed stimulated Brillouin scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4