Title :
Signal regeneration techniques for advanced modulation formats
Author :
Parmigiani, F. ; Bottrill, K.R.H. ; Hesketh, G. ; Horak, P. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We review recent results on all-optical regeneration of phase encoded signals based on phase sensitive amplification achieved by avoiding phase-to-amplitude conversion in order to facilitate the regeneration of amplitude/phase encoded (QAM) signals.
Keywords :
optical information processing; optical modulation; optical repeaters; QAM signals; advanced modulation formats; all-optical regeneration; amplitude/phase encoded signals; phase encoded signals; phase sensitive amplification; signal regeneration techniques; Harmonic analysis; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Phase shift keying; Repeaters; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA