DocumentCode
1562203
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
fYear
2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528724
Filename
4528724
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