Optically Powered WDM Signal Transmission System With Distributed Parametric Amplification

Author

Xu, Xing ; Cheung, Kim K Y ; Yang, Sigang ; Liang, Yu ; Yuk, T.I. ; Wong, Kenneth K Y

Author_Institution

Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

22

Issue

16

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1232

Lastpage

1234

Abstract

We report, for the first time to our knowledge, an optically powered wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) communication system with distributed parametric amplification in the dispersion-shifted fiber. The parametric pump for the amplification of WDM signals also acts as the power supply for the receiver component. The proposed scheme is also a potential candidate for the “last mile” transmission. Successful musical signal transmission has been demonstrated. Additionally, four channels of 10-Gb/s WDM signals are used to get more precise performance evaluation of the system. The power penalties of less than or equal to 1.35 dB at a bit-error rate of $10^{-9}$ are achieved for all WDM channels in the presence of 10-dB parametric gain.

Keywords

Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Distributed amplification; fiber-optics communications; optical parametric amplifier (OPA); photovoltaic; power over fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2052796

Filename

5518468