Mitigation of nonlinear waveform distortion in high-order QAM optical
transmission systems by two-mode phase-sensitive optical parametric
amplifiers
Abstract
Using computer simulations, we analyze the bit-error rate (BER)
characteristics of a high-order QAM optical transmission system
repeated by two-mode phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers
(PSAs). In this system, an idler, which is a phase-conjugated twin of
a signal, propagate through the link together with the signal. One
advantage of this system is that the noise figure of two-mode PSAs used
as repeaters can approach 0 dB. The other advantage is that two-mode
PSAs cancel out self-phase modulation of the signal at each repeater
through the interaction between the transmitted signal and idler. Owing
to these advantages, the BER characteristics of 16, 64, and 256QAM
signals are significantly improved compared with the system using
erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and phase-conjugation twin waves, provided
that dispersion-shifted fibers are employed for transmission.