Performance issues associated with WDM optical systems using self-seeded gain switched pulse sources due to mode partition noise effects
Anandarajah, Prince M.ORCID: 0000-0001-7335-8044, Barry, Liam P.ORCID: 0000-0001-8366-4790 and Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, AleksandraORCID: 0000-0003-4811-9273
(2002)
Performance issues associated with WDM optical systems using self-seeded gain switched pulse sources due to mode partition noise effects.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 14
(8).
pp. 1202-1204.
ISSN 1041-1135
Bit-error-rate measurements have been carried out on a four-channel wavelength division multiplexed setup using tunable self-seeded gain-switched pulse sources. These measurements demonstrate the degradation in overall system performance, due to mode partition noise, as the sidemode suppression ratio of the self-seeded gain-switched optical pulse sources is reduced. The results also show that the constraints on the minimum sidemode suppression ratio required increase with the number of channels in the system.