Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 18, Issue 7, 881(1998)
Analysis of SNR Degradation Due to Modulation Instability in Optical Fiber Transmission System with Amplifiers
Modulation instability (MI) and consequent signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) degradation in optical fiber transmission system with cascaded optical amplifiers are analyzed. Expressions for evaluating MI gain and SNR are derived. For a long distance transmission system, MI may degrade SNR significantly even at relatively low signal power.
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[in Chinese], [in Chinese]. Analysis of SNR Degradation Due to Modulation Instability in Optical Fiber Transmission System with Amplifiers[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 1998, 18(7): 881