Title :
All-optical phase-preserving amplitude regeneration of 28-Gbaud RZ-DQPSK signals with a microcavity saturable absorber in a recirculating loop experiment
Author :
Le, Quang Trung ; Bramerie, Laurent ; Gay, Mathilde ; Joindot, Michel ; Simon, Jean-Claude ; O´Hare, A. ; Nguyen, Hoang Trung ; Oudar, Jean-Louis
Author_Institution :
Univ. Europeenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France
Abstract :
Microcavity Saturable absorber is used for phase-preserving amplitude regeneration of RZ-DQPSK signals. The regenerator is assessed in a 28 Gbaud recirculating loop showing system tolerance to nonlinear phase noise and distance improvement.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase noise; quadrature phase shift keying; RZ-DQPSK signal; all-optical phase-preserving amplitude regeneration; distance improvement; microcavity saturable absorber; nonlinear phase noise; recirculating loop experiment; Bit error rate; Microcavities; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Phase noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
