Title :
Phase-sensitive amplification and regeneration of dual-polarization BPSK without polarization diversity
Author :
Lorences-Riesgo, Abel ; Lundstrom, Carl ; Chiarello, Fabrizio ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci. (MC2), Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We analyze the performance of a degenerate vector PSA-based receiver and compare to an EDFA-based receiver, achieving an about 1 dB sensitivity improvement. We also assess the phase regeneration provided by the vector PSA when the signal phase is degraded.
Keywords :
amplification; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical receivers; phase shift keying; EDFA-based receiver; degenerate vector PSA-based receiver; dual-polarization BPSK; phase-sensitive amplification; phase-sensitive regeneration; signal phase; Binary phase shift keying; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Receivers; Sensitivity; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964045
