• DocumentCode
    1593751
  • Title

    Optical modulation signal enhancement using a phase sensitive amplifier

  • Author

    Lundström, Carl ; Tong, Zhi ; Andrekson, Peter A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Göteborg, Sweden
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate the use of a PSA as a modulation signal enhancer for the first time. It can generate both phase- and amplitude modulated signals from low-extinction inputs.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; amplitude modulation; optical communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; amplitude modulated signals; low-extinction inputs; modulation signal enhancer; optical modulation signal enhancement; phase sensitive amplifier; phase-modulated signals; Chirp; Constellation diagram; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Phase modulation; Signal analysis;
  • 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
    5875710