Using a depolarizer to reduce the effect of phase-induced intensity noise in fiber optics bit rate limiters

Moshe Tur; Ran Carmeli

doi:10.1117/12.151120

13 August 1993 Using a depolarizer to reduce the effect of phase-induced intensity noise in fiber optics bit rate limiters

Moshe Tur, Ran Carmeli

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Proceedings Volume 1972, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151120
Event: 8th Meeting in Israel on Optical Engineering, 1992, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

A Lyot depolarizer is used in a bit-rate-limiter of the Mach-Zehnder type in order to reduce the phase induced intensity noise, which otherwise, sets a floor on the bit error ratio. Results show an improvement of 3 dB, at the expense of longer arms and a more complicated design.

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Moshe Tur and Ran Carmeli "Using a depolarizer to reduce the effect of phase-induced intensity noise in fiber optics bit rate limiters", Proc. SPIE 1972, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine, (13 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151120

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