Title :
Data rewriting after carrier erasing by ultra-long SOA
Author :
Ribeiro, Napoleão S. ; Cavalcante, André L R ; Gallep, Cristiano M. ; Conforti, Evandro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microwaves & Opt. - FEEC, Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
Optical carrier erasing is demonstrated with evaluation of further remodulation up to 12.5Gbps. Small impairments achieved for all but the 7G-7G and 12.5G-12.5G cases, when spurious-pattern noise force higher penalties (respectively 2.3dB and 0.7dB).
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; data rewriting; optical carrier erasing; semiconductor optical amplifier; spurious-pattern noise; ultra-long SOA; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
