Effect on the semiconductor laser intensity noise spectrum of propagation in dispersive optical fiber

Author

Marshall, W.K. ; Paslaski, J. ; Yariv, Amnon

Author_Institution

California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

46

Abstract

Summary form only given. In the application of semiconductor lasers to fiber communications, the dependence of dispersion-induced pulse distortion (for digital systems) and modulation response changes (for analog systems) on the frequency modulation or "chirp" of the laser is a basic issue that often limits system performance. This has consequences for applications in which the laser intensity noise is the limiting factor in the system signal-to-noise ratio.

Keywords

chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; laser noise; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; optical transmitters; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor lasers; 1.55 mum; analog systems; chirp modulation; digital systems; dispersion-induced pulse distortion; dispersive optical fiber; fiber communications; frequency modulation; laser intensity noise; limiting factor; modulation response changes; semiconductor laser intensity noise spectrum; system performance; system signal-to-noise ratio; Dispersion; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical propagation; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864339