• DocumentCode
    1682617
  • Title

    DPSK Signal Regeneration Using a Nonlinear Amplifying Loop Mirror

  • Author

    Sponsel, K. ; Stephan, C. ; Cvecek, K. ; Onishchukov, G. ; Schmauss, B. ; Leuchs, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Power characteristics and phase functions of a NALM are investigated in simulations and experimentally, showing a phase-preserving nonlinear characteristics suitable for amplitude regeneration of phase-encoded signals. A negative power penalty of -1.5 dB was obtained.
  • Keywords
    differential phase shift keying; encoding; DPSK signal regeneration; amplitude regeneration; nonlinear amplifying loop mirror; phase functions; phase-encoded signals; phase-preserving nonlinear characteristics; power characteristics; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical receivers; Phase modulation; Pulse amplifiers; Repeaters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348648
  • Filename
    4348648