Title :
Author’s Reply to “Comments on ‘Frequency Response of the Noise Conversion From Relative Intensity Noise to Phase Noise in the Photodetection of an Optical Pulse Train”’
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
We reply to the comments raised by Phung and Lintz in the above comment to conclude that the results in the letter published in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters might have been misinterpreted due to the underestimiation of the RIN-to-phase-noise conversion in the laser when pump modulation is applied. Care should be taken when one uses pump modulation technique to evaluate the RIN-to-phase-noise conversion in the photodiode.
Keywords :
frequency response; optical modulation; optical pumping; phase noise; photodetectors; photodiodes; RIN-to-phase-noise conversion; frequency response; laser; optical pulse train; photodetection; photodiode; pump modulation; relative intensity noise; Frequency modulation; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Phase noise; Photodiodes; Pump lasers; Phase noise; intensity noise; mode-locked laser; photodetector; pump modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2014.2348374
