Comparison of frequency symmetric signal generation from a BPSK input using fiber and semiconductor-based nonlinear elements

  • Ruwan Weerasuriya
  • , Stylianos Sygletos
  • , Selwan K. Ibrahim
  • , Fatima C.Garcia Gunning
  • , Robert J. Manning
  • , Richard Phelan
  • , John O'Carroll
  • , Brian Kelly
  • , James O'Gorman
  • , Andrew D. Ellis

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Abstract

This letter compares two nonlinear media for simultaneous carrier recovery and generation of frequency symmetric signals from a 42.7-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero binary phase-shift-keyed input by exploiting four-wave mixing in a semiconductor optical amplifier and a highly nonlinear optical fiber for use in a phase-sensitive amplifier.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5722023
Pages (from-to)651-653
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume23
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Four-wave mixing (FWM)
  • injection-locked lasers
  • optical communications

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