Phase-preserving amplitude regeneration for a WDM RZ-DPSK signal using a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1923-1928

  Cvecek, K ^a   Sponsel, K ^a   Stephan, C ^a   Onishchukov, G ^a   Ludwig, R ^b   Schubert, C ^b   Schmauss, B ^c   Leuchs, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; PHASE SHIFT; WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLITUDE REGENERATION; PHASE-PRESERVING REGENERATION; WAVELENGTH CHANNELS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 39049114455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001923     Document Type: Article

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