Title :
System impact of pump phase modulation for fiber optical parametric amplifiers
Author :
Legrand, A. ; Lanne, S. ; Simonneau, C. ; Bayart, D. ; Mussot, A. ; Sylvestre, T. ; Lantz, E. ; Maillotte, H.
Author_Institution :
Res. & Innovation Dept., Alcatel, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
BERs induced by a parametric amplifier with a 10 Gbit/s line rate have been measured. It is shown numerically and experimentally that a PRBS phase modulation of the pump distorts the mark level of the channel and may cause system penalty.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; phase modulation; random sequences; telecommunication channels; 10 Gbit/s; BER; PRBS phase modulation; fiber optical parametric amplifiers; pseudo random bit sequence; pump phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
