Design of Raman-based nonlinear loop mirror for all-optical 2R regeneration of differential phase-shift-keying transmission

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 619-624

  Boscolo, Sonia ^a   Bhamber, Ranjeet ^a   Turitsyn, Sergei K ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

All optical regeneration; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM); Raman amplification

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

ALL-OPTICAL REGENERATION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; SPECTRAL FILTERING;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 33744738244     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.875865     Document Type: Article

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