Degradation of modulation and noise characteristics of semiconductor lasers after propagation in optical fiber due to a phase shift induced by stimulated Brillouin scattering

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1185-1195

  Peral, Eva ^a,b,c,d,e   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^e MERCEDES BENZ AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

LASER NOISE; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PROPAGATION IN NONLINEAR MEDIA; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 0033171259     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.777219     Document Type: Article

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