Title :
Optically-Amplified Short-Length Analog Photonic Links
Author :
Urick, Vincent J. ; Bucholtz, Frank ; Williams, Keith J.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Opt. Sci., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC
Abstract :
The performance capabilities of short-length analog photonic links employing optical amplification with erbium-doped fiber amplifiers are presented. Optically-amplified links are compared to their unamplified counterparts in terms of gain, noise figure, spurious-free dynamic range, and compression dynamic range. The new concepts of generalized relative intensity noise and optical amplifier noise penalty are used for the analytical and experimental analysis
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; microwave photonics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; compression dynamic range; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; laser gain; noise figure; optical amplification; optical amplifier noise penalty; relative intensity noise; short-length analog photonic links; spurious-free dynamic range; Dynamic range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise figure; Nonlinear optics; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission; Analog photonics; optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Grenoble
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0203-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0204-2
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2006.346525
