Influence of noise amplification on generation of regular short pulse trains in optical fibre pumped by intensity-modulated CW radiation

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 7428-7434

  Kobtsev, Sergey M ^a   Smirnov, Sergey V ^a  

^a NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MODULATION FREQUENCY; NOISE AMPLIFICATION;

OPTICAL PUMPING;

EID: 43849112314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.007428     Document Type: Article

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