Title :
Opto-electronic multi-level signal regeneration
Author :
Matsumoto, Morio ; Kou, Sansa ; Tanaka, Shoji
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Syst. Eng., Wakayama Univ., Wakayama, Japan
Abstract :
A simple 3R DQPSK regenerator is demonstrated, where the input signal drives a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator after demodulation, balanced-detection and limiting amplification. Required bandwidth of the limiting amplifier is numerically examined.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demodulation; differential phase shift keying; electro-optical modulation; optical communication equipment; quadrature phase shift keying; balanced-detection; demodulation; dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator; input signal; limiting amplification; limiting amplifier bandwidth; opto-electronic multilevel signal regeneration; simple 3R DQPSK regenerator; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Limiting; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Repeaters; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
