Title :
Parametric amplification of 28-GBd NRZ-16QAM signals
Author :
Elschner, Robert ; Richter, Thomas ; Nölle, Markus ; Hilt, Jonas ; Schubert, Colja
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We show experimentally parametric amplification of 28-GBd NRZ-16QAM signals with 11 dB polarization-dependent on-off gain and negligible OSNR penalty by using a high-power, low-noise DFB pump laser.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; polarisation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 28-GBd NRZ-16QAM signals; high-power low-noise DFB pump laser; negligible OSNR penalty; parametric amplification; polarization-dependent on-off gain; Gain; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Pump lasers; 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
