Title :
Cascaded phase-preserving amplitude regeneration in a DPSK transmission system
Author :
Stephan, Ch ; Sponsel, K. ; Onishchukov, G. ; Schmauss, B. ; Leuchs, G.
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for the Sci. of Light, Erlangen, Germany
Abstract :
Experimental results obtained on 10 Gb/s RZ-DPSK transmission in a recirculating fiber-loop setup show that nonlinear amplifying loop mirrors can efficiently enhance system performance. Main limiting factor is amplified Rayleigh backscattering in highly nonlinear fiber.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; differential phase shift keying; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical repeaters; DPSK transmission system; amplified Rayleigh backscattering; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cascaded phase-preserving amplitude regeneration; highly nonlinear fiber; nonlinear amplifying loop mirrors; recirculating fiber-loop setup; return-to-zero differential phase-shift- keying; Backscatter; Bit error rate; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Microwave technology; Optical distortion; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Phase noise; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
