Conjugate nonlinear-optical loop mirror (Conj-NOLM)-based phase-preserving multilevel amplitude regenerator

Abstract

We propose a novel phase-preserving multilevel amplitude regenerator scheme by cascading two nonlinear-optical loop mirrors (NOLMs) with an intermediate optical phase conjugator (OPC) stage. Joint parameter optimization of the two NOLM units has been carried out to cancel the introduced phase distortion and enable a more power-efficient performance. Moreover, our scheme combines the operation of the NOLM and the OPC in a single subsystem, enabling the compensation of both amplitude and phase distortions when located symmetrically in a transmission link. To this end, extensive numerical simulations have been performed to evaluate the regeneration performance in a transmission link dominated by amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise and Kerr-induced nonlinear distortions (self-phase modulation-induced phase distortion), achieving over 100% reach extension compared to the cases of un-regenerative, or a mid-span OPC-based transmission links.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.019940
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Additional Information: Published by The Optical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (61505021, 61671108); EPSRC project TRANSNET (EP/R035342/1); Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (701770-INNOVATION); General Project of Sichuan Provincial Education Department (18ZB0235); 111 Project (B14039).
Uncontrolled Keywords: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 1094-4087
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2024 12:02
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2019 12:47
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2019-07-08
Accepted Date: 2019-07-07
Authors: Wen, Feng
Wu, B.
Qiu, K.
Sygletos, Stylianos (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-2063-8733)

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