Title :
Impact of pump phase modulation on system performance of fibre-optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Durécu-Legrand, A. ; Mussot, A. ; Simonneau, C. ; Bayart, D. ; Sylvestre, T. ; Lantz, E. ; Maillotte, H.
Author_Institution :
Res. & Innovation Dept., Marcoussis, France
fDate :
3/17/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Bit error rate induced in a parametric amplifier has been measured with a 10 Gbit/s line rate. It is shown experimentally that the phase modulation of the pump distorts the mark level of the channel and may cause system penalty. Different phase modulation schemes have been compared.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; phase modulation; 10 Gbit/s; channel mark level; fibre-optical parametric amplifiers; phase modulation schemes; pump phase modulation; system performance;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20047522
