Title :
Effect of fiber losses on timing jitter in periodically amplified lightwave systems
Author :
Santhanam, J. ; Yaman, F. ; Agrawa, G.
Author_Institution :
Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
We show that fiber losses produce an additional contribution to the timing jitter in a periodically amplified optical communication system and find that, the jitter enhancement is typically in the 30-35% range.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; timing jitter; fiber losses; optical communication system; periodically amplified lightwave system; timing jitter; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Optical noise; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247560
