Title :
Constellation diagram measurements of induced phase noise in a regenerating parametric amplifier
Author :
Skold, M. ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Oda, Shoichiro ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We perform coherent constellation diagram measurements of phase modulated data before and after a saturated parametric amplifier, and find a novel kind of pump-induced phase noise in the amplifier.
Keywords :
optical noise; optical parametric amplifiers; constellation diagram measurements; phase modulated data; pump induced phase noise; regenerating parametric amplifier; Constellation diagram; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical pumping; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Phase noise; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528360
