Title :
Noise squeezing due to Kerr effect nonlinearities in optical fibres with negative dispersion
Author :
Hui, R. ; O´Sullivan, M.
Author_Institution :
Broadband Networks, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
10/10/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A reduction of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) related relative intensity noise (RIN) is observed to be caused by modulation instability on negatively dispersive fibres for the first time. Good agreement is obtained between experimental results and a new analytical model
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; optical squeezing; superradiance; Kerr effect nonlinearity; amplified spontaneous emission; modulation instability; negative dispersion; noise squeezing; optical fibre; relative intensity noise;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19961332
