Title :
Laser RIN calibration by extra noise injection
Author :
Joindot, I. ; Boisrobert, C. ; Kuhn, G.
Author_Institution :
LAB/OCM/TOH, CNET, Lannion, France
Abstract :
Laser relative intensity noise (RIN) calibration is presented. Experimental results show the influence of laser RIN on the bit error rate (BER) in a transmission system operating at 600 Mbit/s through a 10 km monomode fibre length, at a wavelength of 1.3 mu m.
Keywords :
calibration; electron device noise; optical communication equipment; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.3 micron; 10 km; 600 Mbit/s; bit error rate; calibration; extra noise injection; laser RIN; monomode fibre length; relative intensity noise; transmission system;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890703
