DocumentCode
1372690
Title
Low-noise hybrid erbium/Brillouin amplifier
Author
Strutz, S.J. ; Williams, K.J.
Author_Institution
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Volume
36
Issue
16
fYear
2000
fDate
8/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1359
Lastpage
1360
Abstract
A photonic link incorporating a hybrid erbium/Brillouin fibre amplifier is investigated experimentally. Shot-noise limited performance is achieved within the 500 MHz to 8 GHz frequency band. Low frequency burst noise is reduced by utilising an injected phase-modulated signal beam
Keywords
Brillouin spectra; burst noise; erbium; laser beams; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; shot noise; 500 MHz to 8 GHz; frequency band; injected phase-modulated signal beam; low frequency burst noise; low-noise hybrid Er/Brillouin amplifier; photonic link; shot-noise limited performance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20001016
Filename
862142
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