Title :
Wideband wavelength conversion of 16 Gbaud 16-QAM signals in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Filion, B. ; Amiralizadeh, Siamak ; Nguyen, An T. ; Rusch, Leslie A. ; LaRochelle, Sophie
Author_Institution :
Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Laser (COPL), Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate wavelength conversion of 16-QAM signals over the entire C-band with low power penalty (<;1.5 dB) at the FEC threshold using a dual pump configuration. We also investigate the power penalty dependence on input OSNR.
Keywords :
optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 16-QAM signals; C-band; FEC threshold; SOA; dual pump configuration; input OSNR; optical signal to noise ratio; power penalty dependence; semiconductor optical amplifier; wideband wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Gain; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
