Influence of group-velocity dispersion on multilevel phase-preserving amplitude regeneration in a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror

Röthlingshöfer T, Toth D, Onishchukov G, Schmauß B, Leuchs G (2012)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution

Publication year: 2012

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254448

Abstract

Numerical simulations have shown a significant influence of group-velocity dispersion (GVD) of the highly nonlinear fiber on the transfer characteristics of a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (NALM). The effect is especially strong for the anomalous dispersion regime where an interaction of GVD and self-phase modulation (SPM) leads to formation of high-order solitons. The irregularities of the resulting NALM transfer functions can be used for phase-preserving amplitude regeneration of several, irregular-spaced amplitude states for multi-level modulation formats. The regeneration performance was estimated for a 16QAM signal with three amplitude states where a reduction of amplitude noise without significant signal phase distortions has been observed.

Authors with CRIS profile

Tobias Röthlingshöfer Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik) Georgy Onishchukov Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik) Bernhard Schmauß Professur für Hochfrequenztechnik mit dem Schwerpunkt Optische Hochfrequenztechnik und Photonik Gerhard Leuchs Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik)

Involved external institutions

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Röthlingshöfer, T., Toth, D., Onishchukov, G., Schmauß, B., & Leuchs, G. (2012). Influence of group-velocity dispersion on multilevel phase-preserving amplitude regeneration in a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror. In Proceedings of the Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

MLA:

Röthlingshöfer, Tobias, et al. "Influence of group-velocity dispersion on multilevel phase-preserving amplitude regeneration in a nonlinear amplifying loop mirror." Proceedings of the Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012.

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