In-band amplified spontaneous emission noise filtering with a dispersion-imbalanced nonlinear loop mirror

Author

Wong, W.S. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Nielsen, T.N. ; Margalit, M. ; Namiki, S. ; Ippen, E.P. ; Haus, H.A.

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

14

Abstract

We report removal of in-band amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise in a 10-Gbit/s noise-loaded RZ signal using a dispersion-imbalanced loop mirror. The resulting receiver sensitivity is improved from -37.0 dBm to -37.7 dBm. The loop mirror bias dependence of sensitivity is also investigated, and the optimal bias point is found to be where the transmission decreases with increasing input power.

Keywords

mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical receivers; superradiance; 10 Gbit/s; Gbit/s noise-loaded RZ signal; dispersion-imbalanced loop mirror; dispersion-imbalanced nonlinear loop mirror; in-band amplified spontaneous emission noise filtering; in-band amplified spontaneous emission noise removal; increasing input power; loop mirror bias dependence; optimal bias point; receiver sensitivity; transmission decrease; Crosstalk; Filtering; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Spontaneous emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768049

Filename

768049