DocumentCode
844067
Title
Noise penalty of highly saturated erbium-doped fiber amplifiers in analog links
Author
Urick, Vincent J. ; Bucholtz, Frank ; William, Keith J.
Author_Institution
U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Volume
18
Issue
6
fYear
2006
fDate
3/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
749
Lastpage
751
Abstract
We outline the noise penalty of using a high-power erbium-doped fiber amplifier in the place of a shot-noise-limited laser for analog applications. Intensity noise measurements are presented using a highly saturated +22-dBm output-power amplifier, demonstrating the achievable signal-to-noise ratios when passive optical loss follows the amplification stage.
Keywords
erbium; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical losses; optical saturation; amplification; analog links; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; high-power fiber amplifier; highly saturated amplifiers; intensity noise measurements; noise penalty; passive optical loss; shot-noise-limited laser; signal-to-noise ratio; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser applications; Laser noise; Noise measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Noise measurement; optical fiber amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2006.871107
Filename
1599430
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