Parametric amplification and wavelength conversion of a 2.048-Tbit/s WDM PDM 16-QAM signal

Hao Hu, R. M. Jopson, A. H. Gnauck, M. Dinu, S. Chandrasekhar, X. Liu, C. Xie, M. Montoliu, S. Randel, C. J. McKinstrie

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    Abstract

    We demonstrate polarisation-insensitive parametric amplification in highly nonlinear fibre of a 2.048-Tbit/s dense WDM PDM 16-QAM signal with ∼10 dB on-off gain and simultaneous wavelength conversion and phase conjugation, with mean Q2 penalties of only 0.6 dB and 0.4 dB.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 2014 European Conference on Optical Communication
    Number of pages3
    PublisherIEEE
    Publication date2014
    ISBN (Print)9782954944401
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    EventEuropean Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014) - Cannes, France
    Duration: 21 Sept 201425 Sept 2014

    Conference

    ConferenceEuropean Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2014)
    Country/TerritoryFrance
    CityCannes
    Period21/09/201425/09/2014
    SeriesEuropean Conference on Optical Communication, Ecoc

    Keywords

    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Dense wavelength division multiplexing
    • Optical communication
    • Quadrature amplitude modulation
    • 16-QAM signals
    • Highly non-linear fibres
    • On-off gain
    • Parametric amplification
    • Optical parametric amplifiers

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