DocumentCode
780387
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
Volume
41
Issue
6
fYear
2005
fDate
3/17/2005 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
350
Lastpage
352
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20047522
Filename
1421193
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