• DocumentCode
    2255441
  • Title

    First demonstration of noise figure below 3 dB in CW pumped phase sensitive amplifier using PPLN waveguide

  • Author

    Asobe, Masaki ; Umeki, Takeshi ; Tadanaga, Osamu

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A noise figure below 3 dB was obtained for the first time in a CW pumped PSA based on a PPLN waveguide. The 40 Gbit/s-DPSK receiver sensitivity was improved by using the PSA as a preamplifier.
  • Keywords
    lithium compounds; optical pumping; optical receivers; optical waveguides; phase shift keying; DPSK receiver; LiNbO3; PPLN waveguide; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; continuous wave pumped phase sensitive amplifier; preamplifier; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Noise; Noise measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Preamplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951250