Title :
Phase-sensitive optical pre-amplifier implemented in an 80km DQPSK link
Author :
Corcoran, Bill ; Olsson, Samuel L I ; Lundström, Carl ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
We present the first demonstration of a phase-sensitive fiber optic parametric amplifier successfully implemented over an 80 km dispersion managed link. We measure 1.3 dB higher sensitivity with this amplifier system against a comparable conventional EDFA-based link.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; DQPSK link; EDFA-based link; dispersion managed link; distance 80 km; fiber optic parametric amplifier; phase-sensitive optical pre-amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Receivers; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
