• 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