All-optical regeneration of 40 Gb/s constant envelope alternative modulation formats

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-346

  Contestabile, Giampiero ^a   Presi, Marco ^a   Ciaramella, Ernesto ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dfferential phase shift keying (DPSK); Frequency shift keying (FSK); Index terms all optical regeneration; Polarization shift keying (PolSK); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

40 GB/S; ALL OPTICAL REGENERATION; ALTERNATIVE MODULATION; CONSTANT ENVELOPE; DELAY INTERFEROMETER; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; DIRECT DETECTION; INDEX TERMS; INTENSITY NOISE; NON-RETURN-TO-ZERO; NONLINEAR PHASE NOISE; POLARIZATION SHIFT KEYING; SIGNAL FORMATS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SIGNAL QUALITY;

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING;

EID: 77949483728     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2033017     Document Type: Article

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