Title :
Record-high sensitivity receiver using phase sensitive fiber optical parametric amplification
Author :
Malik, Rohit ; Olsson, Samuel L. I. ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Lundstrom, Carl ; Karlsson, Magnus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We demonstrate record sensitivity (55 photons/bit) for on-off keying modulation at 10 Gb/s using a phase sensitive amplifier as preamplifier. Experimental results depicting the effects of pump phase modulation on the sensitivity are reported.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical receivers; preamplifiers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; on-off keying modulation; phase sensitive fiber optical parametric amplification; preamplifier; pump phase modulation; record-high sensitivity receiver; Bit error rate; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Receivers; Sensitivity;
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.Th2A.54
