Title :
An optical phase quantiser exhibiting suppressed phase dependent gain variation
Author :
Bottrill, K.R.H. ; Hesketh, G. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Horak, P. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Petropoulos, P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical phase quantiser based on phase-sensitive amplification which alleviates phase noise to amplitude noise conversion. Phase transfer functions are measured for the very first time using a novel scheme.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical filters; phase noise; quantisation (signal); transfer functions; all-optical phase quantiser; amplitude noise conversion; phase noise; phase transfer functions; phase-sensitive amplification; suppressed phase dependent variation; Harmonic analysis; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Phase measurement; Power harmonic filters; Repeaters; Transfer functions;
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.W3F.7
