Title :
Feed-forward optical domain carrier recovery from high baud rate PSK signals using relatively slow electronics
Author :
Slavík, Radan ; Kakande, Joseph ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Carrier recovery based on four-wave mixing and intra-band RF frequency division is evaluated in real time. We demonstrate <;1Hz frequency tracking of a semiconductor laser and carrier extraction from a dispersed 20 Gbit/s BPSK signal.
Keywords :
feedforward; multiwave mixing; optical communication; optical tracking; phase shift keying; semiconductor lasers; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; carrier extraction; dispersed BPSK signal; feedforward optical domain carrier recovery; four-wave mixing; frequency tracking; high baud rate PSK signals; intra-band RF frequency division; relatively slow electronics; semiconductor laser; Frequency modulation; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
