DocumentCode
2011852
Title
Noise statistics of fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author
Kylemark, Per ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Torounidis, Thomas ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Microtechnology & Nanoscience, Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Abstract
We show both theoretically and experimentally that the probability density function of a signal amplified by parametric amplifiers with pump excess noise is non-Gaussian and asymmetric. This impacts the relationship between the noise figure and the bit-error rate.
Keywords
laser noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; bit-error rate; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; noise figure; noise statistics; nonGaussian pump excess noise; probability density function; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Parametric statistics; Probability density function; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.215650
Filename
1636681
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