Experimental investigation of a modified NOLM for phase-encoded signal regeneration

Author

Cvecek, K. ; Onishchukov, G. ; Sponsel, K. ; Striegler, A.G. ; Schmauss, B. ; Leuchs, G.

Author_Institution

Max Planck Res. Group, Erlangen-Nurnberg Univ., Erlangen

Volume

18

Issue

17

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1801

Lastpage

1803

Abstract

We experimentally investigate the amplitude and phase transfer characteristics of a modified nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) with a directional attenuator (DA-NOLM) optimized for differential phase-shift keying signal regeneration. The results show that the phase relation is preserved in the setup and thus the DA-NOLM is suitable for amplitude regeneration of phase-shift-keyed signals

Keywords

differential phase shift keying; nonlinear optics; optical attenuators; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical repeaters; phase coding; NOLM; amplitude regeneration; differential phase-shift keying; directional attenuator; modified nonlinear optical loop mirror; phase encoding; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Mirrors; Noise level; Noise reduction; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical receivers; Phase noise; Repeaters; 2R regeneration; all-optical regeneration; differential phase-shift keying (DPSK); nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.880754

Filename

1673470