Title :
Quadrature decomposition of optical fields using two orthogonal phase sensitive amplifiers
Author :
Parmigiani, F. ; Slavik, R. ; Hesketh, G. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We propose a new technique to optically process coherent signals by simultaneously extracting their two (I and Q) quadrature components into two orthogonal polarizations at the same frequency. Two possible implementations are demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical communication; signal processing; optical fields; orthogonal polarizations; quadrature components; quadrature decomposition; two orthogonal phase sensitive amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964180
