• DocumentCode
    971770
  • Title

    Spectral broadening due to fibre amplifier phase noise

  • Author

    Cowle, Gregory J ; Morkel, Paul R ; Loming, R.I. ; Payne, David N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comp. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    3/29/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    424
  • Lastpage
    425
  • Abstract
    The authors report, for the first time, measurements of signal spectral broadening caused by phase noise in an erbium-doped fibre amplifier. The spectral broadening was found to be less than 20 kHz. Thus it will not limit the performance of phase or frequency modulated coherent systems employing fibre amplifiers.
  • Keywords
    erbium; noise; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; Er 3+-doped fibre amplifier; frequency modulated coherent systems; optical communications; phase modulated coherent systems; phase noise; signal spectral broadening;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900276
  • Filename
    50208