Title :
Amplitude noise reduction, pulse format conversion, and wavelength multicast of PSK signal in a fiber optical parametric amplifier
Author :
Lei, Gordon K. P. ; Shu, Chester ; Hon Ki Tsang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Center for Adv. Res. in Photonics, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Using time- and wavelength-interleaved pump pulses in a gain-saturated fiber optical parametric amplifier, we demonstrate amplitude-noise suppressed PSK wavelength multicast with simultaneous NRZ-to-RZ format conversion. The receiver sensitivity is improved by 1.8 and 2.4 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical receivers; NRZ-to-RZ format conversion; PSK signal; amplitude noise reduction; amplitude-noise suppressed PSK wavelength multicast; fiber optical parametric amplifier; pulse format conversion; time-interleaved pump pulses; wavelength-interleaved pump pulses; Differential phase shift keying; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
