Title :
Low noise degenerate FWM of 12×100 Gb/s DP-QPSK signals with counter-dithering of pump and idler waves
Author :
Pelusi, Mark ; Solis-Trapala, Karen ; Hung Nguyen Tan ; Inoue, Takashi ; Namiki, Shu
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate degenerate four-wave mixing of a 12×100 Gb/s DP-QPSK signal with counter-phase dithering by a phase modulator embedded in a fiber-loop. A ≈9 dB higher conversion efficiency enables an OSNR penalty of 0.7 dB at 10-3 BER.
Keywords :
error statistics; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical pumping; quadrature phase shift keying; BER; DP-QPSK signals; OSNR penalty; conversion efficiency; degenerate four-wave mixing; fiber-loop; idler waves; low noise degenerate FWM; phase modulator; pump counter-dithering; Australia; Bandwidth; Decision support systems; Frequency modulation; Optical devices; Physics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
