Title :
Experimental comparison between optimized fiber Bragg grating and delay-line interferometer for DPSK signal demodulation
Author :
Boffi, P. ; Marazzi, L. ; Martelli, P. ; Parolari, P. ; Siano, R. ; Martinelli, M. ; Gatti, D. ; Laporta, P. ; Longhi, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electron. & Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan
Abstract :
10 Gb/s DPSK demodulation effectiveness of a suitably-designed FBG structure is compared with the performance achieved by a compact integrated-optic MZDI. BER measures versus operation stability are reported.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; differential phase shift keying; error statistics; interferometers; optical delay lines; optical fibres; BER measures; DPSK signal demodulation; bit error rate; delay-line interferometer; differential phase shift keying; operation stability; optimized fiber Bragg grating; Bit error rate; Bragg gratings; Delay; Demodulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber gratings; Filters; Frequency; Optical fiber polarization; Optical reflection;
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.2008.4729429
