Impact of pump OSNR on noise figure for fiber-optical parametric amplifiers

被引：40

作者：

Durécu-Legrand, A

Simonneau, C

Bayart, D

Mussot, A

Sylvestre, T

Lantz, E

Maillotte, H

机构：

[1] Alcatel, Res & Innovat Dept, F-91460 Marcoussis, France

[2] Univ Franche Comte, CNRS, Inst FEMTO ST, UMR,Dept Opt PM Duffieux, F-25030 Besancon, France

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2005年 / 17卷 / 06期

关键词：

noise figure (NF); optical amplifiers; optical fiber communication; optical Kerr effect; parametric amplifiers;

D O I：

10.1109/LPT.2005.846559

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Electrical measurements of the noise figure of a fiber-optical parametric amplifier are presented and compared with optical measurements. The transfer of pump noise by four-wave mixing was clearly demonstrated. A numerical model was developed to simulate the transfer of pump noise and validated by these measurements. Using this model, we determine, for practical systems, a minimum required pump optical signal-to-noise ratio of 65 dB.

引用

页码：1178 / 1180

页数：3

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