Title :
Black-box phase-sensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifier assisted by a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Richter, Thomas ; Meuer, C. ; Ludwig, Ralf ; Schubert, Colja
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich Hertz Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We realize phase-sensitive regeneration in a highly non-linear fiber for BPSK signals by employing phase-locking which facilitates a semiconductor optical amplifier. The regeneration capability is validated in system experiments with 43-Gb/s NRZ-differential BPSK.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; BPSK signals; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; black-box phase-sensitive fiber-optic parametric amplifier; nonlinear fiber; phase-locking; phase-sensitive regeneration; regeneration capability; semiconductor optical amplifier; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Optical fiber amplifiers; Phase noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
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
