Title :
Effects of dispersion on SOA nonlinear impairments with DPSK signals
Author :
Downie, John D. ; Hurley, Jason
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Abstract :
We investigate experimentally the effects of uncompensated and compensated chromatic dispersion on the nonlinear optical impairments induced by an SOA on DPSK signals detected with a balanced receiver.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; DPSK; SOA; balanced receiver; compensated chromatic dispersion; nonlinear optical impairments; semiconductor optical amplifiers; uncompensated chromatic dispersion; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688766
