Title :
All-optical phase-regenerative multicasting of 40 Gbit/s DPSK signal in a degenerate phase sensitive amplifier
Author :
Slavik, Radan ; Kakande, Joseph ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Grüner-Nielsen, Lars ; Jakobsen, Dan ; Herstrøm, Søren ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical 1-to-5 differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK) wavelength multicasting at 40 Gbit/s using a degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) based phase sensitive amplifier (PSA). Phase regenerative properties are reported with a sensitivity improvement of more that 10 dB.
Keywords :
amplifiers; differential phase shift keying; multiwave mixing; DPSK signal; all-optical 1-to-5 differential phase-shift keyed wavelength multicasting; all-optical phase-regenerative multicasting; degenerate four-wave mixing; degenerate phase sensitive amplifier; phase regenerative properties; Bit error rate; Dispersion; Laser excitation; Phase noise; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621591
