Title :
Stabilization of a 40 Gb/s DPSK Delay-Line Interferometer using Half Bit-Rate AM Pilot Tone Monitoring
Author :
Christen, L. ; Nuccio, S. ; Lize, Y.K. ; Jayachandran, N. ; Willner, A.E. ; Paraschis, L.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new technique for frequency offset monitoring and stabilization in a DPSK delay-line-interferometer. High sensitivity and low penalty are achieved through the use of a half bit rate AM pilot tone.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; differential phase shift keying; frequency stability; optical delay lines; optical modulation; DPSK delay-line interferometer; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; frequency offset monitoring; frequency offset stabilization; half bit-rate AM pilot tone monitoring; Bit rate; Delay; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Frequency; Monitoring; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452568
