Title :
Four-Wavelength 3R Burst Mode Regenerator Using Three Integrated Quad MZI Arrays
Author :
Zakynthinos, P. ; Petrantonakis, Dimitris ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Poustie, A. ; Maxwell, G. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical four-wavelength 3R burst mode regenerator, operating error-free with variable length data packets that exhibit 6-dB packet-to-packet power variation. The circuit was implemented using a sequence of three integrated quad MZI arrays.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical arrays; optical repeaters; optical switches; 3R burst mode regenerator; all-optical four-wavelength; circuit implementation; data packets; integrated quad MZI arrays; packet-to-packet power variation; Circuits; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Pulse modulation; Repeaters; Stimulated emission;
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.2008.4528725
