On the optimization of regenerator parameters in a chain of 2R all-optical regenerators

Author

Leiria, Mário R G ; Cartaxo, Adolfo V T

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisboa

Volume

18

Issue

16

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1711

Lastpage

1713

Abstract

The dependence of the bit-error ratio (BER) along a 2R all-optical regenerator chain on the nonlinearity threshold and degree is investigated numerically using the rigorous distribution and the Gaussian distribution for the optical power. It is shown that, for high nonlinearity degree, the optimum nonlinearity threshold has a weak dependence on the number of regenerators and, for low nonlinearity degree, increases with the number of regenerators. Numerical results show that the Gaussian distribution may under-estimate or over-estimate the BER and fails to indicate the optimum regenerator parameters

Keywords

Gaussian distribution; error statistics; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; 2R regenerators; Gaussian distribution; all-optical regenerators; bit-error ratio; nonlinearity threshold; optical power; regenerator parameters; Bit error rate; Gaussian distribution; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Power generation; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; 2R all-optical regeneration; bit-error ratio (BER); noise redistribution; nonlinearity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.879927

Filename

1664927