Title :
Performance of a polarization-insensitive all-optical 3R regenerator using cross- and self-phase modulation and offset filtering in a recirculating loop
Author :
Chung, Sung Han ; Tang, Xuefeng ; Cartledge, John C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON
Abstract :
Using a recirculating loop, the performance of a polarization-insensitive, wavelength-preserving all-optical 3R regenerator for 10 Gb/s RZ-OOK signals is investigated for regenerator spacings of 80, 160 and 240 km.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical modulation; polarisation; cross-phase modulation; offset filtering; polarization-insensitive all-optical 3R regenerator; recirculating loop; self-phase modulation; wavelength-preserving all-optical 3R regenerator; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Phase modulation; Repeaters; (060.2330) Fiber optic communications; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (230.1150) All-optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
