Title :
Noise reduction of optical pulses using variable spectral filter and optical fiber
Author :
Nishizawa, N. ; Mori, M. ; Goto, T. ; Yamane, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quantum Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Noise reduction of optical pulses using variable spectral filters and optical fibers is investigated. The intensity noise of the fiber laser is reduced by 23 dB using a band-pass filter and reaches the shot noise level.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; band-stop filters; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; laser noise; optical fibre couplers; optical filters; optical pulse generation; shot noise; band-pass filter; fiber laser; intensity noise; noise reduction; optical fiber; optical pulse noise reduction; optical pulses; shot noise level; variable spectral filter; Band pass filters; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Noise level; Noise reduction; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820526
