Abstract
In this paper, a new technique that can suppress the dominant phase-induced intensity
noise (PIIN) in general delay-line signal processor structures is presented. It is based on a
delayed differential technique using a complementary
output electro-optic modulator together with appropriate time delay and polarization effects
to cancel the PIIN noise at the filter passband frequency. Experimental results using the
delayed differential technique demonstrate a PIIN noise reduction of 19 dB at the filter
passband for an amplified recirculating delay-line bandpass filter, together with a fourfold
increase in the free spectral range and a 10 dB increase in the bandpass filter rejection
level.
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