• DocumentCode
    1136588
  • Title

    Field statistics modelling of beat noise in an optical amplifier

  • Author

    Kringlebotn, J.T. ; Blotekjaer, K. ; Pannell, C.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. Electron., Trondheim Univ., Norway
  • Volume
    141
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    6/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    185
  • Lastpage
    190
  • Abstract
    The authors present a rigorous and self-contained noise analysis of an optical amplifier based on the statistics of the input source field and the amplified spontaneous emission field of the amplifier. The method enables us to obtain the frequency dependence of the output electrical noise power, which has not been derived in previous studies of optical amplifier noise based on the photon-statistics master equation. The authors characterise for the first time the noise of an optical amplifier in combination with a super-fluorescent source, taking into account the frequency dependence of the gain and the presence of optional optical filters
  • Keywords
    laser theory; random noise; superradiance; amplified spontaneous emission; beat noise; field statistics modelling; gain; optical amplifier; optical filters; output electrical noise power; super-fluorescent source;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2433
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-opt:19941082
  • Filename
    305887