TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvement of power margin in 10-Gb/s SOA-boosted transmission systems using phase-modulated duobinary modulation formats
AU - Kim, Yonggyoo
AU - Lee, Yongnoh
AU - Lee, Jaehoon
AU - Kim, Sungki
AU - Jeong, Jichai
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received February 6, 2004; revised May 27, 2004. This work was supported in part by National Research Laboratory (NRL) programs in South Korea and in part by a Korea University Grant.
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - We theoretically investigate the performance of 10-Gb/s semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-boosted transmission systems using the nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ), conventional duobinary, and phase-modulated (PM)-duobinary modulation formats. NRZ and conventional duobinary modulation formats are based on the intensity modulation. When the NRZ and conventional duobinary modulation formats are used, the nonlinear characteristics of SOA severely distort the signals. On the other hand, the PM-duobinary modulation format is based on differential binary phase-shift-keying modulation. When the PM-duobinary modulation format is employed, the nonlinear characteristics of SOA scarcely affect the signals which maintain a constant intensity in SOAs. Using the PM-duobinary modulation format, we can significantly improve the power margin in SOA-boosted transmission systems.
AB - We theoretically investigate the performance of 10-Gb/s semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-boosted transmission systems using the nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ), conventional duobinary, and phase-modulated (PM)-duobinary modulation formats. NRZ and conventional duobinary modulation formats are based on the intensity modulation. When the NRZ and conventional duobinary modulation formats are used, the nonlinear characteristics of SOA severely distort the signals. On the other hand, the PM-duobinary modulation format is based on differential binary phase-shift-keying modulation. When the PM-duobinary modulation format is employed, the nonlinear characteristics of SOA scarcely affect the signals which maintain a constant intensity in SOAs. Using the PM-duobinary modulation format, we can significantly improve the power margin in SOA-boosted transmission systems.
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U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2004.833939
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2004.833939
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:5444222996
VL - 16
SP - 2377
EP - 2379
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
SN - 1041-1135
IS - 10
ER -