Title :
All-optical gain-clamping in Fibre optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Gryspolakis, Nikolaos ; Chen, Lawrence R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate the feasibility of all-optical gain-clamping in a fibre optical parametric amplifier. We investigate the impact of gain-clamping on BER performance when using NRZ and RZ-DPSK modulation formats.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; error statistics; optical parametric amplifiers; BER performance; NRZ modulation formats; RZ-DPSK modulation formats; all optical gain clamping; fibre optical parametric amplifiers; Band pass filters; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.2009.5215882
