• DocumentCode
    386128
  • Title

    Amplified spontaneous emission at dense wavelength-division multiplexing regime: direct detection of photon statistics

  • Author

    Martelli, Paolo ; Pietralunga, Siivia M. ; Martinelli, Mario

  • Author_Institution
    CoreCom, Milano, Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    145
  • Abstract
    Photon statistics of amplified spontaneous emission noise has been measured by direct detection, confirming the Bose-Einstein distribution in the few-modes regime, as characteristic of dense wavelength-division multiplexing optical systems, up to the single-mode condition.
  • Keywords
    Bose-Einstein condensation; optical fibre networks; optical noise; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; Bose-Einstein distribution; DWDM; amplified spontaneous emission noise; dense wavelength-division multiplexing optical systems; dense wavelength-division multiplexing regime; direct detection; direct photon statistics detection; few-modes regime; single-mode condition; Bandwidth; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Spontaneous emission; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7500-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133969
  • Filename
    1133969