Title :
Quadrature decomposition by phase conjugation and projection in a polarizing beam splitter
Author :
Kjoller, Niels-Kristian ; Galili, Michael ; Dalgaard, Kjeld ; Mulvad, H.C.H. ; Roge, K.M. ; Oxenlowe, Leif K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We propose simultaneous decomposition of the two quadratures of an optical data signal to different outputs of a PBS by degenerate four-wave mixing with orthogonal pumps. The scheme is demonstrated by QPSK to 2×BPSK modulation format conversion with BER<;10-9.
Keywords :
light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical beam splitters; optical communication; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical phase conjugation; quadrature phase shift keying; BPSK modulation format conversion; PBS; QPSK; four-wave mixing degeneration; optical data signal; orthogonal pumps; phase conjugation; phase projection; polarizing beam splitter; simultaneous quadrature decomposition; Bit error rate; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963995
