Title :
2R Optical Regeneration combining XGC in a SOA and a Saturable Absorber
Author :
D´Errico, A. ; Contestabile, G. ; Proietti, Roberto ; Presi, M. ; Ciaramella, E. ; Bramerie, L. ; Gay, M. ; Lobo, Sylvan ; Joindot, Michel ; Simon, J.C. ; Massoubre, D. ; Nguyen, Hung T. ; Oudar, Jean-Louis
Author_Institution :
ENSSAT/ Univ. de RennesI, Lannion, France
Abstract :
Wavelength-preserving 2R-regeneration based on saturable-absorber and cross-gain-compression in gain-saturated SOA is experimentally demonstrated for NRZ-10-Gbit/s signals. The regenerator noise resistance is proven in a recirculating loop with noise loading.
Keywords :
optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2R optical regeneration; SOA; XGC; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cross-gain-compression; recirculating loop; regenerator noise resistance; saturable absorber; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise level; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528724
