DocumentCode
449208
Title
Optical amplifier noise figure measurement by all-fibre optical homodyne tomography
Author
Martelli, P. ; Pietralunga, S.M. ; Ranzani, L. ; Siano, R. ; Martinelli, M.
Author_Institution
CoreCom, Milan, Italy
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
611
Abstract
An all-fibre optical homodyne tomography apparatus is realized for reconstructing the photon statistics of the superposition between optical noise and signal. This apparatus is employed to measure the noise figure of an optical amplifier.
Keywords
fibre optic sensors; homodyne detection; optical fibres; optical noise; optical tomography; optical variables measurement; photon counting; all-fibre optical homodyne tomography; noise figure measurement; optical amplifier; optical noise; photon statistics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576422
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