Title :
Wavelength conversion of QPSK signals in single-pump FOPA with 20 dB conversion efficiency
Author :
Temprana, Eduardo ; Ataie, Vahid ; Peric, Ana ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate wavelength conversion of QPSK signals in a single-pump FOPA with 20 dB conversion efficiency. Phase distortions in the idler arising from pump-phase modulation were compensated after coherent detection using a novel time-domain approach.
Keywords :
compensation; optical distortion; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical signal detection; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature phase shift keying; time-domain analysis; QPSK signal; coherent detection; fiber optic parametric amplifier; gain 20 dB; phase distortion compensation; pump phase modulation; single pump FOPA; time-domain approach; wavelength conversion; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shift keying; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th1H.2
