Title :
Recirculating loop demonstration of 40 Gbit/s all-optical 3R data regeneration using a semiconductor nonlinear interferometer
Author :
Thiele, H.-J. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Phillips, I.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
fDate :
2/4/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Cascaded 40 Gbit/s 3R data regeneration is demonstrated for the first time, using an all-optical semiconductor nonlinear interferometer. With a regenerator spacing of 100 km, the error-free transmission distance in a recirculating loop is extended by an order of magnitude, from 200 km to greater than 2000 km, thus demonstrating the excellent cascadability of such a device
Keywords :
light interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical repeaters; 2000 km; 40 Gbit/s; all-optical 3R data regeneration; cascadability; error-free transmission distance; recirculating loop; semiconductor nonlinear interferometer;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990184
