DocumentCode
1011771
Title
10 Gbit/s all-optical regenerator
Author
Watkinson, Peter J. ; Greer, E.J. ; Ellis, A.D.
Volume
31
Issue
18
fYear
1995
fDate
8/31/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1587
Lastpage
1588
Abstract
A 10 Gbit/s optical data stream has been regenerated all-optically by clock recovery and remodulation. The regenerator consists of a fibre ring laser, modelocked by the incoming data stream, and a Kerr shutter acting as an all-optical AND gate to recode the ring laser pulses with the incoming data. Error ratio measurements for an all-optical regenerator are presented for the first time and the future potential of all-optical regeneration is discussed
Keywords
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; optical repeaters; ring lasers; 10 Gbit/s; AND gate; Kerr shutter; all-optical regenerator; clock recovery; error ratio; laser pulses; modelocked fibre ring laser; optical data stream; recoding; remodulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19951058
Filename
469153
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