Title :
Effect of group-velocity dispersion in multilevel amplitude regenerator based on a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror
Author :
Roethlingshoefer, T. ; Toth, D. ; Onishchukov, G. ; Schmauss, B. ; Leuchs, G.
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
Non-zero fiber dispersion in a Sagnac interferometer can significantly improve multilevel phase-preserving amplitude regeneration. Soliton effects can be used to create irregularly spaced plateaus for high-power states of complex modulation formats.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; mirrors; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical repeaters; optical solitons; Sagnac interferometer; group velocity dispersion; high power state; modulation format; multilevel amplitude regenerator; multilevel phase preserving amplitude regeneration; non zero fiber dispersion; nonlinear amplifying loop mirror; soliton effects; Band pass filters; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Repeaters; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
