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  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 4 — Feb. 18, 2008
  • pp: 2520–2527

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Nonlinearly broadened phase-modulated continuous-wave laser frequency combs characterized using DPSK decoding

Chen-Bin Huang, Sang-Gyu Park, Daniel E. Leaird, and Andrew M. Weiner  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 2520-2527 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.002520


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Abstract

9.953 GHz phase-modulated continuous-wave laser combs are spectrally broadened via nonlinear propagation in normal and anomalous dispersion media and experimentally characterized using a differential phase shift keying (DPSK) decoder. DPSK bit-error rate data are in qualitative agreement with radio-frequency spectrum analyzer measurements.

© 2008 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(060.5530) Fiber optics and optical communications : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
(060.7140) Fiber optics and optical communications : Ultrafast processes in fibers
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: December 6, 2007
Revised Manuscript: January 31, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: February 5, 2008
Published: February 8, 2008

Citation
Chen-Bin Huang, Sang-Gyu Park, Daniel E. Leaird, and Andrew M. Weiner, "Nonlinearly broadened phase-modulated continuous-wave laser frequency combs characterized using DPSK decoding," Opt. Express 16, 2520-2527 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-4-2520


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