Title :
Measurement of optical carrier spectrum deformation in high-speed pulse transmission
Author :
Osawa, Kou ; Haneda, Kentaro ; Hirooka, Toshihiko ; Yoshida, Masato ; Waiyapot, Suttawassuntorn ; Nakazawa, Masataka
Author_Institution :
Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan osawakou@riec.tohoku.ac.jp
Abstract :
We measured the carrier spectrum deformation of a mode-locked fiber laser with a 1-kHz linewidth in a 450-km transmission for the first time. This distortion is disadvantageous when delivering optical standards through optical networks.
Keywords :
Distortion measurement; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569851