Title :
Multichannel regeneration of dual quadrature signals
Author :
Sygletos, S. ; McCarthy, M.E. ; Fabbri, Simon ; Sorokina, Mariia ; Stephens, M.F.C. ; Phillips, I.D. ; Giacoumidis, E. ; Mac Suibhne, N. ; Harper, P. ; Doran, N.J. ; Turitsyn, S.K. ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Aston Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first multi-wavelength regeneration of quadrature phase shift keyed (QPSK) formatted signals, showing a simultaneous Q2-factor improvement in excess of 3.8 dB for signals degraded by phase distortion.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; quadrature phase shift keying; dual quadrature signals; multichannel regeneration; multiwavelength regeneration; phase distortion; quadrature phase shift keyed formatted signals; simultaneous Q2-factor improvement; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Phase distortion; Phase shift keying; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964110