Title :
Suppression of coherent Rayleigh noise in a bi-directional fiber transmission link using a modelocked laser transmitter
Author :
Boivin, Luc ; Nuss, Martin C.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technols., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate a complete suppression of coherent Rayleigh noise in a bi-directional fiber link using a modelocked laser transmitter. The noise suppression arises because optical beat interference at the receiver occurs mostly at frequencies beyond the receiver bandwidth, and cannot contribute to RF noise. Our results suggest that noise from multi-path interference in general can be reduced dramatically by use of spectrally-sliced transmitters
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; bi-directional fiber transmission link; coherent Rayleigh noise suppression; modelocked laser transmitter; multi-path interference; optical beat interference; receiver; receiver bandwidth; spectrally-sliced transmitters; Bidirectional control; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Interference suppression; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Radiofrequency interference;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.645161
