Title :
Impairments induced by binary-phase pump modulation in fiber parametric amplifiers
Author :
Radic, S. ; McKinstrie, C.J. ; Jopson, R.M. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Centanni, J.C. ; Chraplyvy, A.R.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Binary-phase-shift-keyed pump modulation suppresses stimulated Brillouin scattering in fiber parametric devices. However, both one- and two-pump parametric architectures exhibit excess idler broadening that increases as the rise and fall times of the pump-modulation decrease.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; phase shift keying; stimulated Brillouin scattering; binary-phase-shift-keyed pump modulation; fiber parametric amplifiers; idler broadening; impairments; stimulated Brillouin scattering suppression;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
