Title :
Phase transparent amplification of 40 Gbps 16 QAM signals using a QD-SOA
Author :
Lange, Stanislav ; Yoshida, Yutaka ; Contestabile, G. ; Kitayama, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate 25 dB transparent amplification of 40 Gbps optical coherent 16-QAM signals with 10 dBm output power using a Columnar Quantum Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifier which avoids the undesired pattern dependent phase distortions.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; QD-SOA; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; columnar quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier; optical coherent 16-QAM signals; output power; phase transparent amplification; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
