title: Pump noise cancellation in parametric wavelength converters.
abstract: A novel technique for pump noise effect mitigation in parametric wavelength converters is introduced. The method relies on digital signal processing and effectively takes advantage of the correlation property between the pump and idler, imposed by the parametric interaction. A 4 dB improvement in receiver performance is demonstrated experimentally for the conventional 10 Gbps OOK signal converted over 20 nm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. vataie@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ataie
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Myslivets
authors.forename: Andereas O J
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Wiberg
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alic
authors.forename: Stojan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radic