Title :
Noise performance of a multi-sideband parametric multicasting mixer with normal dispersion
Author :
Tong, Zhengrong ; Wiberg, Andreas O. J. ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Huynh, C.K. ; Kuo, Bill P. P. ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We, for the first time, demonstrate localization of noise coupling between sidebands in a multi-stage parametric multicasting mixer. A noise performance improvement of up to 2 dB, compared to the single-stage case, was observed experimentally.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; optical parametric devices; multisideband parametric multicasting mixer; noise coupling; noise performance; normal dispersion; Amplitude modulation; Dispersion; Mixers; Multicast communication; Noise; Noise measurement; Nonlinear optics;
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
