• DocumentCode
    999298
  • Title

    Interferometric noise limitations in fibre-amplifier cascades

  • Author

    Eskildsen, L. ; Goldstein, E.L. ; Andrejco, M. ; Curtis, L. ; Shah, Virali ; Mahoney, Duane ; Zah, C.E. ; Lin, Chong

  • Author_Institution
    Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    2040
  • Lastpage
    2041
  • Abstract
    Phase-induced intensity noise from weak multiple reflectors is evaluated theoretically and experimentally in amplifier cascades without isolators. Rayleigh backscattering alone significantly limits the number of amplifiers in the span. Theory and experiment agree closely for a six-amplifier cascade.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; fibre lasers; noise; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; reflectivity; Er-doped fibre amplifiers; Rayleigh backscattering; Rayleigh reflectivity; direct modulation; external modulation; fibre-amplifier cascades; interferometric noise limitations; optical transmission system; phase-induced intensity noise; power penalty; six-amplifier cascade; weak multiple reflectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19931362
  • Filename
    253954
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=999298