DocumentCode
1583873
Title
Impact of alfa-factor on SOA dynamic range for 20 GBd BPSK, QPSK and 16-QAM Signals
Author
Bonk, R. ; Huber, G. ; Vallaitis, T. ; Schmogrow, R. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Koos, C. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Impact of SOA α-factor on dynamic range limitation decreases for higher-order modulation formats leading to undistinguishable performances of bulk and QD SOAs. Results are supported by experiments at 20 GBd BPSK, QPSK and 16-QAM.
Keywords
quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 16-QAM; BPSK; QPSK; SOA; alfa-factor; dynamic range limitation; higher-order modulation formats; Binary phase shift keying; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical modulation; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875298
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