Title :
Effective negative nonlinearity of a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror for compensating nonlinearity-induced signal distortions
Author :
Sponsel, Klaus ; Cvecek, Kristian ; Stephan, Christian ; Onishchukov, Georgy ; Schmauss, Bernhard ; Leuchs, Gerd
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Res. Group, Univ. Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
Abstract :
Conditions for realizing effective negative nonlinearity using a NALM are analyzed. Efficient compensation of SPM-induced nonlinear phase noise in a 100 Gb/s DPSK system is confirmed in numerical simulations.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; phase noise; DPSK system; NALM; SPM-induced nonlinear phase noise; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; negative nonlinearity; nonlinear amplifying loop mirror; nonlinearity-induced signal distortions; Bit rate; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Microwave technology; Mirrors; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical noise; Phase noise; Q factor; Signal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729371
