Pilot-tone-based self-homodyne detection using optical nonlinear wave mixing

Yinwen Cao*, Morteza Ziyadi, Ahmed Almaiman, Amirhossein Mohajerin-Ariaei, Peicheng Liao, Changjing Bao, Fatemeh Alishahi, Ahmad Fallahpour, Bishara Shamee, Asher J. Willner, Youichi Akasaka, Tadashi Ikeuchi, Steven Wilkinson, Carsten Langrock, Martin M. Fejer, Joseph Touch, Moshe Tur, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

An all-optical pilot-tone-based self-homodyne detection scheme using nonlinear wave mixing is experimentally demonstrated. Two scenarios are investigated using (1) multiple wavelength-division-multiplexed channels with sufficient power of the pilot tones and (2) a single channel with a low-power pilot tone. The eye diagram and bit error rate of the system are studied by tuning various parameters such as pump power, relative phase, and pilot-to-signal ratio.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1840-1843
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume42
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2017

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