Title :
Polarization Insensitive 3R Regeneration of PMD Distorted Signals using Higher-Order Four-Wave Mixing in Highly Nonlinear Fiber
Author :
Monfils, I. ; Ito, C. ; Kim, N.Y. ; Krause, D.J. ; Cartledge, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Queen´´s University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, monfilsi@ee.queensu.ca
Abstract :
Using higher-order four-wave mixing in a highly nonlinear fiber, significant improvements in receiver sensitivity are demonstrated for a polarization insensitive 3R regenerator in the presence of first-order polarization mode dispersion.
Keywords :
Clocks; Filtering theory; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical retarders; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801032
