Abstract

Previously published analytical models for the noise figure of an amplifierless fiber-optic link fail to predict the measured performance, with a discrepancy of 1.1 dB at 1 GHz that increases to 2.3 dB by 12 GHz. We use an equivalent circuit to derive the effect of an additional source of noise not accounted for in earlier models: thermal noise arising from loss in the modulator's traveling-wave electrodes. The electrode thermal noise has a frequency dependence matching that of the link's noise figure, such that predictions using the improved model match the measured 1–12 GHz performance of a link with record low noise figure to within ~0.4 dB across this band.

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