40-Gb/s transmission using RZ-pulse source based on fiber optical parametric amplification

Author

Torounidis, Thomas ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Hedekvist, Per Olof ; Andrekson, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden

Volume

15

Issue

8

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1159

Lastpage

1161

Abstract

We quantify the transmission properties of a high-power return-to-zero pulse source based on a fiber optical parametric amplifier. Both the amplified signal and the wavelength-translated idler are evaluated, and the differences in performance in a transmission link are shown. The pulse source emits short pulses with high extinction ratio and the quality is high enough for optical time-division multiplexing from 10 to 40 Gb/s, which is verified with bit-error-rate (BER) measurements after optical demultiplexing. We also show how the pulse source performs in a 40-Gb/s electrical time-division-multiplexed system, where the BER is measured with an electrical 40-Gb/s BER test equipment.

Keywords

error statistics; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; time division multiplexing; 10 to 40 Gbit/s; RZ-pulse source; amplified signal; bit-error-rate measurements; electrical BER test equipment; electrical time-division-multiplexed system; fiber optical parametric amplification; fiber optical parametric amplifier; high extinction ratio; high power return-to-zero pulse source; optical time-division multiplexing; pulse source; transmission link; wavelength translated idler; Bit error rate; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.815337

Filename

1215536