Compensation of SOA nonlinear distortions by mid-stage optical phase conjugation

Date Issued
01-01-2020
Author(s)
Sobhanan, Aneesh
Pelusi, Mark
Inoue, Takashi
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Namiki, Shu
Abstract
We investigate optical phase conjugation for compensating nonlinear distortions due to carrier dynamics in semiconductor optical amplifiers. Experiments with WDM-3×12 Gbaud 16-QAM signals show the ability to outperform a single device by 2 dB average Q2-factor improvement.
Volume
Part F174-OFC 2020