• DocumentCode
    600443
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6476266