Title :
All-optical Re-phasing, Re-shaping, and Re-amplification of RZ-DPSK data
Author :
Awad, Ehab S. ; Cho, Pak S. ; Goldhar, Julius
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Abstract :
We demonstrate novel technique for RZ-DPSK regeneration based on converting phase-noise into amplitude-noise and eliminating it using SOA. The system was tested using degraded 223-1 PRBS. BER shows removal of error-floor with 4 dB power-penalty improvement.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; error statistics; optical communication; optical information processing; optical modulation; phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; RZ-DPSK regeneration; SOA; all-optical reamplification; all-optical rephasing; all-optical reshaping; amplitude noise; differential phase shift keying; phase noise; semiconductor optical amplifier; Band pass filters; Chirp; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Noise level; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Phase noise; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348347
