TY - JOUR
T1 - Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Raman Active Fiber Systems
T2 - Application to Recirculating Delay Lines
AU - Desurvire, Emmanuel
AU - Tur, Moshe
AU - Shaw, H. J.
PY - 1986/5
Y1 - 1986/5
N2 - An analysis of photon count statistics of noise in Raman fiber amplifiers and passive optical components is presented. The results are used for evaluating the output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of Raman active recirculating delay lines. It is found that the quadratic dependence of the noise on the number of recirculations causes the SNR to decay with increasing optical delays. Ultimate system performance capabilities, as determined by the SNR quantum limit, are discussed.
AB - An analysis of photon count statistics of noise in Raman fiber amplifiers and passive optical components is presented. The results are used for evaluating the output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of Raman active recirculating delay lines. It is found that the quadratic dependence of the noise on the number of recirculations causes the SNR to decay with increasing optical delays. Ultimate system performance capabilities, as determined by the SNR quantum limit, are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0022717941&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JLT.1986.1074744
DO - 10.1109/JLT.1986.1074744
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AN - SCOPUS:0022717941
SN - 0733-8724
VL - 4
SP - 560
EP - 566
JO - Journal of Lightwave Technology
JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology
IS - 5
ER -