Title :
Everything you always wanted to know about cascaded parametric amplifiers, but were afraid to ask
Author :
McKinstrie, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
I will review briefly the properties of optical amplifiers and attenuators, and how they affect the information carried by signals. I will then describe in detail the properties of cascaded parametric amplifiers and transmission links, and explain why such links are signal-phase-insensitive, but have noise figures that are 6-dB lower than standard phase-insensitive links.
Keywords :
light transmission; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical noise; optical parametric amplifiers; cascaded parametric amplifiers; noise figure 6 dB; noise figures; optical amplifiers; optical attenuators; signal-phase-insensitive links; transmission links; Amplitude modulation; Fluctuations; Noise; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optimized production technology;
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
