Title :
Impact of Rayleigh Backscattering on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering threshold evaluation for 10Gb/s NRZ-OOK signals
Author :
Ferrario, M. ; Marazzi, Lucia ; Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Righetti, Aldo ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution :
CoreCom, Milan
Abstract :
We experimentally verified a decrease of stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold for 10 Gb/s NRZ-OOK signals with respect to theoretical predictions. We relate this reduction to Rayleigh backscattering interaction with Stokes backscattered spectrum. BER curves are shown.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; amplitude shift keying; backscatter; error statistics; optical fibre communication; stimulated Brillouin scattering; BER curves; NRZ-OOK signal; Rayleigh backscattering; Stokes backscattered spectrum; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; stimulated Brillouin scattering threshold evaluation; Backscatter; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Brillouin scattering; Optical attenuators; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Power measurement; Stimulated emission; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (290.5830) Scattering, Brillouin;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
