Title :
Parametric amplification for controlling timing jitter in dispersion-managed lightwave systems
Author :
Santhanam, J. ; Agrawal, G.
Author_Institution :
Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Abstract :
We show that the timing jitter in dispersion-managed lightwave systems can be reduced considerably by replacing erbium-doped fiber amplifiers with the parametric amplifiers in which four-wave mixing is used to generate a phase-conjugated signal.
Keywords :
erbium; multiwave mixing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase conjugation; timing jitter; controlling timing jitter; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; four-wave mixing; lightwave system; optical dispersion; parametric amplification; phase-conjugated signal; Control systems; Frequency; Lighting control; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; Stimulated emission; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247459
