Title :
Timing jitter and amplitude noise reduction by a chirped pulsed-pump fiber OPA
Author :
Shimizu, K. ; Kalogerakis, G. ; Wong, K. ; Marhic, M. ; Kazovsky, L.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel optical pulse reshaping scheme is proposed to reduce timing jitter and amplitude noise. Sensitivity improvement of 2.6 dB was demonstrated by the temporal lens effect realized by a linearly-chirped pulsed-pump optical parametric amplifier followed by optimum dispersion.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; interference suppression; optical elements; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse shaping; timing jitter; 2.6 dB; OPA; amplitude noise reduction; chirped pulsed-pump fiber; optical parametric amplifier; optical pulse reshaping scheme; optimum dispersion; sensitivity improvement; temporal lens; timing jitter; Chirp; Lenses; Noise level; Noise reduction; Nonlinear optics; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247598
