• DocumentCode
    608703
  • Title

    Wideband wavelength conversion of 16 Gbaud 16-QAM signals in a semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Filion, B. ; Amiralizadeh, Siamak ; Nguyen, An T. ; Rusch, Leslie A. ; LaRochelle, Sophie

  • Author_Institution
    Centre d´Opt., Photonique et Laser (COPL), Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate wavelength conversion of 16-QAM signals over the entire C-band with low power penalty (<;1.5 dB) at the FEC threshold using a dual pump configuration. We also investigate the power penalty dependence on input OSNR.
  • Keywords
    optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 16-QAM signals; C-band; FEC threshold; SOA; dual pump configuration; input OSNR; optical signal to noise ratio; power penalty dependence; semiconductor optical amplifier; wideband wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Gain; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532843
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=608703