Title :
Experimental 43 Gb/s NRZ and DPSK performance comparison for systems with up to 8 concatenated SOAs
Author :
Sauer, Michael ; Hurley, Jason
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Abstract :
Experimental data is presented on the performance of high saturation power SOAs with 43 Gb/s NRZ and DPSK signals. Up to 8 SOAs are concatenated demonstrating that only DPSK leads to error-free performance.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; DPSK; NRZ; SOA; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; saturation power; Concatenated codes; Degradation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Optical distortion; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628112
