Title :
Amplified spontaneous emission at dense wavelength-division multiplexing regime: direct detection of photon statistics
Author :
Martelli, Paolo ; Pietralunga, Siivia M. ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution :
CoreCom, Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Photon statistics of amplified spontaneous emission noise has been measured by direct detection, confirming the Bose-Einstein distribution in the few-modes regime, as characteristic of dense wavelength-division multiplexing optical systems, up to the single-mode condition.
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; optical fibre networks; optical noise; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; Bose-Einstein distribution; DWDM; amplified spontaneous emission noise; dense wavelength-division multiplexing optical systems; dense wavelength-division multiplexing regime; direct detection; direct photon statistics detection; few-modes regime; single-mode condition; Bandwidth; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Spontaneous emission; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133969