Amplitude regeneration of RZ-DPSK signals in single-pump fiber-optic parametric amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 872-874

  Peucheret, Christophe ^a   Lorenzen, Michael ^a   Seoane, Jorge ^a   Noordegraaf, Danny ^a   Nielsen, Carsten Vandel ^a   Grüner Nielsen, Lars ^b   Rottwitt, Karsten ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b OFS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Fiber optic parametric amplifier (FOPA); Optical regeneration

Indexed keywords

40 GB/S; AMPLITUDE DISTORTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING (DPSK); DPSK SIGNALS; FIBER-OPTIC PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER; FIBER-OPTIC PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (FOPA); INPUT POWER; NONLINEAR TOLERANCE; ON-OFF KEYING MODULATIONS; OPTICAL REGENERATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; RETURN-TO-ZERO DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PUMPS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 67649610707     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2019968     Document Type: Article

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