EDFA-free all-optical 2R regeneration using a compact self-seeded Fabry-Pe´rot laser diode

Author

Chien, Hung-Chang ; Lee, Chien-Chung ; Chi, Sien

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan

Volume

18

Issue

9

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1112

Lastpage

1114

Abstract

This study presents an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA)-free all-optical 2R (reamplification and reshaping) regeneration scheme based on a compact self-seeded Fabry-Pe´rot laser diode. The proposed 2R regenerator achieves a straight line transmission at 10 Gb/s over 76 km without either the EDFA or the external probe laser, both of which are traditionally required. Additionally, device characteristics such as data-rate transparency, input dynamic range, amplified gain, and 2R regeneration performance are investigated experimentally.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; 76 km; EDFA; Fabry-Perot laser diode; all-optical 2R regeneration; amplified gain; data rate transparency; input dynamic range; reamplification; reshaping; self-seeding; Bragg gratings; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Probes; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Fabry–PÉrot (FP); reamplification and reshaping (2R) regeneration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.873453

Filename

1624504