• DocumentCode
    2536851
  • Title

    A novel pre-amplifier for WDM systems based on a fiber optical parametric amplifier

  • Author

    Liang, Yu ; Li, Jia ; Chui, P.C. ; Wong, Kenneth K Y

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    773
  • Lastpage
    774
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel scheme to improve receiver sensitivity of using a fiber optical parametric amplifier. The power penalty can be improved by 3.9 dB and the receiver sensitivity can achieve -42 dBm when BER = 10-9.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; optical parametric amplifiers; preamplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; BER; WDM; bit error rate; fiber optical parametric amplifier; pre-amplifier; wavelength division multiplexing; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343340
  • Filename
    5343340