A New Frequency Model for Pump-to-Signal RIN Transfer in Brillouin Fiber Amplifiers

Author

Junhe Zhou ; Jianping Chen ; Jaouen, Yves ; Yi, Linxin ; Petit, Herve ; Gallion, Philippe

Author_Institution

Ecole Nat. Superieure des Telecommun., Paris

Volume

19

Issue

13

fYear

2007

fDate

7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

978

Lastpage

980

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a novel frequency model to evaluate the pump-to-signal relative intensity noise (RIN) transfer in stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). For the first time, the RIN transfer in Brillouin fiber amplifiers has been numerically determined in the pump depletion regime both in the time and frequency domains. Moreover, an analytical expression of RIN transfer has been derived from the well-known SBS coupling equations when pump depletion is ignored. Experimental results are found to be in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.

Keywords

laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin fiber amplifiers; SBS coupling equations; frequency model; pump depletion regime; pump-to-signal relative intensity noise transfer; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Equations; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Pump lasers; Amplifier noise; Brillouin scattering; optical fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.898756

Filename

4232440