A comprehensive study on crosstalk suppression techniques in fiber optical parametric amplifier by modulation format

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 659-665

  Kuo, Bill Ping Piu ^a,b   Chui, P C ^b   Wong, Kenneth Kin Yip ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross gain modulation (XGM); Four wave mixing (FWM); Modulation format; Optical crosstalk; Optical parametric amplifier (OPA)

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FIBER OPTICS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MIXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLARIZATION; RADIO;

10 GB/ S; CROSS-GAIN MODULATION (XGM); CROSSTALK SUPPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFT KEY (DPSK); DUTY CYCLES; FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (FOPA); FOUR-WAVE MIXING (FWM); INPUT SIGNALS; MODULATED SIGNALS; MODULATION FORMATS; ON OFF KEYING (OOK); POWER PENALTIES; Q FACTOR PENALTY;

MODULATION;

EID: 45249107765     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.920032     Document Type: Article

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