Title :
Efficient binary phase quantizer based on phase sensitive four wave mixing
Author :
Parmigiani, F. ; Slavik, R. ; Hesketh, G. ; Horak, P. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an efficient binary phase quantizer operating at low pump powers. Phase-sensitive operation is obtained by polarization mixing the phase-locked signal/idler pair in a degenerate dual-pump vector parametric amplifier.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; degenerate dual-pump vector parametric amplifier; efficient binary phase quantizer; low pump powers; phase sensitive four wave mixing; phase-locked signal/idler pair; phase-sensitive operation; polarization mixing; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963866
