%0 Journal Article
%T Experimental analysis of all-optical 4-ASK signal generation through parametric amplification
%A Marconi
%A J. D.
%A Abbade
%A M. L. F.
%A Costa
%A A. L. A.
%A Moschim
%A E.
%A Fragnito
%A H. L.
%J Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications
%D 2012
%I Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society and Brazilian Society of Electromagnetism
%R 10.1590/S2179-10742012000100015
%X we present experimental results concerning a new alloptical technique that multiplexes two binary signals into a quaternary one (4-ask). the technique is based on parametric amplification. values of the quaternary levels obtained experimentally, as a function of the extinction ratios of the binary input signals, show a rather good agreement with the simulated and the analytical results. the generated 4-ask signals were propagated through 75 km of standard single-mode fiber and experienced eye penalties of only 0.5 db. this indicates the robustness of the technique for practical applications in metropolitan area networks.
%K optical packets
%K optical signal processing
%K parametric amplification
%K quaternary amplitude-shift keying signal.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2179-10742012000100015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en