Title :
Amplitude regeneration of phase encoded signals using injection locking in semiconductor lasers
Author :
Fragkos, A. ; Bogris, A. ; Syvridis, D. ; Phelan, R. ; Carroll, J.O. ; Kelly, B. ; Gorman, J.O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
A phase preserving limiter based on injection locking in semiconductor lasers is experimentally investigated for 10Gb/s phase encoded signals. The proposed scheme exhibits significant amplitude noise squeezing in conjunction with extreme simplicity.
Keywords :
optical repeaters; phase shift keying; semiconductor lasers; amplitude noise squeezing; amplitude regeneration; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; injection locking; phase encoded signal; semiconductor laser; Injection-locked oscillators; Laser noise; Optical noise; Phase modulation; Semiconductor lasers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
