Title :
Phase conjugation for increased system robustness
Author :
Jansen, S.L. ; van den Borne, D. ; Khoe, G.D. ; de Waardt, H. ; Krummrich, P.M. ; Spalter, S.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
The transmission performance of optical phase conjugation (OPC) is assessed with a special focus on the combination with the RZ-DQPSK modulation format. We show that when OPC is employed, significant performance improvement is obtained compared to conventional DCF based transmission.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical phase conjugation; quadrature phase shift keying; optical phase conjugation transmission; performance improvement; return-to-zero differential QPSK modulation; system robustness; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Robustness; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215408
