SPECTRUM-SLICED FIBER AMPLIFIER LIGHT-SOURCE WITH A POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR

Authors
LEE JS CHUNG YC WOOD TH MEESTER JP JOYNER CH BURRUS CA STONE J PRESBY HM DIGIOVANNI DJ
Citation
Js. Lee et al., SPECTRUM-SLICED FIBER AMPLIFIER LIGHT-SOURCE WITH A POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR, IEEE photonics technology letters, 6(8), 1994, pp. 1035-1038
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
6
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1035 - 1038
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1994)6:8<1035:SFALWA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We report the measured SNR of both polarized and unpolarized ASE light of an EDFA spectrum-sliced with various optical bandwidths. The resul ts were in a good agreement (<1 dB) with the theoretically calculated values. We also compared the BER performance of these light sources. W hen an unpolarized ASE source was used with a polarization-insensitive electroabsorption modulator, the equivalent optical bandwidth needed for error-free transmission of 1.7-Gb/s data was only 0.68 nm.