Title :
Timing jitter of SOA-amplified intensity modulated optical pulses
Author :
Alexoudi, T. ; Dris, Stefanos ; Kalavrouziotis, D. ; Bakopoulos, Paraskevas ; Miliou, A. ; Pleros, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
The origin of timing jitter during SOA amplification of ps-long intensity modulated pulses is identified. Both experimental and analytical theoretical jitter results are presented, revealing an almost linear relationship between jitter and pulse intensity modulation.
Keywords :
intensity modulation; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; SOA amplification; intensity modulated optical pulses; timing jitter; Gain; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
