Noise Effects In Polarization Maintaining Optical Amplifiers

Paul D. Biernacki; Lee T. Nichols; Paul J. Matthews

Optical Fiber Communication Conference
OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2000),
paper WM3

Noise Effects In Polarization Maintaining Optical Amplifiers

Paul D. Biernacki, Lee T. Nichols, and Paul J. Matthews

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2000

Baltimore, Maryland United States
ISBN: 1-55752-630-3

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P. D. Biernacki, L. T. Nichols, and P. J. Matthews, "Noise Effects In Polarization Maintaining Optical Amplifiers," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2000), paper WM3.

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Abstract

Excessive noise generation in optically amplified analog fiber optic systems due to different polarization-maintaining EDFA configurations is investigated. Increases in the effective RIN level of more than 20 dB are predicted and experimentally observed for double-pass configurations.

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