Optical amplifier noise reduction in mm-wave links by signal-ASE noise filtering

RA Griffin; PM Lane; JJ O’Reilly

doi:10.1049/el:19990084

Optical amplifier noise reduction in mm-wave links by signal-ASE noise filtering

RA Griffin, PM Lane, JJ O’Reilly

University College London

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Optical amplifier noise in optical millimetre-wave links is analysed. It is shown that signal-amplified spontaneous emission (ASE)beat noise may be reduced by 3 dB for two-tone optical spectra, in contrast to conventional intensity-modulated links where signal-ASE noise cannot be modified by optical filtering. A reduction in signal-ASE noise of 2.5 dB is experimentally demonstrated for an erbium-doped fibre amplifier using a 30 GHz optical millimetre-wave source and a Bragg fibre grating.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-161
Number of pages	3
Journal	Electronics Letters
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19990084
Publication status	Published - 21 Jan 1999
Externally published	Yes

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