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European Conference on Optical Communication

Optical amplifier noise figure measurement by all-fibre optical homodyne tomography

Paolo Martelli

Published Jan 1, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

An all-fibre optical homodyne tomography apparatus is realized for reconstructing the photon statistics of the superposition between optical noise and signal. This apparatus is employed to measure the noise figure of an optical amplifier. (2 pages)
DOI
10.1049/cp:20050634

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