Title :
Wideband wavelength conversion of 5 Gbaud 64-QAM signals in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Filion, B. ; Ng, W.C. ; Nguyen, An T. ; Rusch, Leslie A. ; LaRochelle, Sophie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate wavelength conversion of 64-QAM signals with BER below the forward error correction threshold (2×10-3) over the entire C-band using two co-polarized pumps. We also investigate the dependence of the power penalty on input optical-signal-to-noise-ratio with a single pump configuration.
Keywords :
error statistics; forward error correction; optical fibre amplifiers; quadrature amplitude modulation; 64-QAM signals; BER; C-band; copolarized pumps; forward error correction; optical-signal-to-noise-ratio; power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; wideband wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1607
