Title :
Second-order PMD compensation by all-optical regenerator based on optical parametric amplification
Author :
Ryu, Shiro ; Yagi, Mikio
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Div., SoftBank Telecom Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Second-order PMD has been successfully mitigated for 80-Gbit/s RZ-DQPSK signals by an all-optical regenerator based on optical parametric amplification. System performance comparison has been made for a conventional polarizer-based PMD compensator.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; light polarisation; optical dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical repeaters; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor lasers; RZ-DQPSK signals; all-optical regenerator; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; laser diode; mode locking; optical parametric amplification; polarization-mode dispersion; polarizer; second-order PMD compensation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5214726
