• DocumentCode
    3593343
  • Title

    Homodyne operation of a phase-only optical amplifier

  • Author

    Kakande, J. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Slavik, R. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We utilise cascaded four wave mixing to multiply the modulation depth of a phase-only optical signal and generate a comb of phase locked local oscillators allowing homodyne retrieval of the phase information with enhanced fidelity.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; homodyne detection; multiwave mixing; optical information processing; optical modulation; phase locked oscillators; cascaded four wave mixing; comb generation; fidelity; homodyne operation; homodyne retrieval; modulation depth; phase locked local oscillators; phase-only optical amplifier; Harmonic analysis; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706091
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3593343