Title :
Impact of laser resonance phase noise on the wavelength conversion of DQPSK signals
Author :
Duill, Sean P. O. ; Anthur, Aravind P. ; Huynh, Tam N. ; Venkitesh, Deepa ; Barry, Liam P.
Author_Institution :
Rince Inst., Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
We show through simulations and with supporting experimental results that the performance of four-wave mixing based wavelength conversion of DQPSK signals is severely limited by resonance enhanced phase noise on the pump source.
Keywords :
laser noise; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature phase shift keying; DQPSK signals; four-wave mixing; laser resonance phase noise impact; pump source; wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Frequency measurement; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase noise; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA