Amplified spontaneous emission in soliton transmission systems employing sliding filters

Author

Mecozzi, Antonio

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy

Volume

16

Issue

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The growth of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise in a soliton line employing sliding filters is studied. An analytical expression of the integrated ASE power is given for constant line dispersion. For large dispersion variations caused by the combined effect of sliding and third-order dispersion of the line, an optimal sliding rate exists that minimizes the amplified spontaneous emission. Methods to reduce the spontaneous emission at the line output are proposed

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; optical filters; optical noise; optical solitons; superradiance; ASE noise; amplified spontaneous emission minimisation; analytical expression; constant line dispersion; integrated ASE power; large dispersion variations; line output; optimal sliding rate; sliding filters; soliton transmission systems; third-order dispersion; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Dispersion; Filters; Frequency; Helium; Passband; Solitons; Spontaneous emission; Timing jitter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.654982

Filename

654982