Noise enhancement due to the memory effect in fiber transmission lines with semiconductor optical amplifiers

Arcady Shipulin, Boris Malomed, Falk Lederer

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Abstract

A considerable increase of the noise contamination with the increase of the pulse-stream's bit rate in an optical fiber link with semiconductor in-line amplifiers is demonstrated experimentally and numerically. We propose a new explanation for the noise enhancement based on the amplifier's memory effect. In contrast with the pattern effect, known for the modulated train, the memory-induced noise enhancement manifests itself even in a uniform train. The analytical prediction shows a qualitative agreement with the numerical results. The memory effect is expected to be especially detrimental in the WDM transmission mode.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)419-423
Number of pages5
JournalOptics Communications
Volume183
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2000

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