Title :
Phase Noise Suppression of a 50%-Duty-Cycle RZ-DPSK Signal by Using an Attenuation-Imbalanced NOLM
Author :
Lu Li ; Vasilyev, Michael ; Lakoba, T.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
Abstract :
We use nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) to suppress nonlinear phase noise of 50%-duty-cycle RZ-DPSK signal. Employing NOLM before a 40-km-long transmission link results in 2-dB eye-opening improvement.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical information processing; optical links; optical noise; phase noise; signal denoising; 50%-duty-cycle RZ-DPSK signal; attenuation-imbalanced NOLM; distance 40 km; nonlinear optical loop mirror; nonlinear phase noise suppression; transmission link; Jitter; Laser beams; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.54
