Title :
3R regeneration of a 40-Gbit/s optical signal by optical parametric amplification in a highly-nonlinear fiber
Author :
Yu, C. ; Luo, T. ; Zhang, Boming ; Pan, Z. ; Adler, M. ; Wang, Y. ; McGeeban, J.E. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate wavelength-shift-free 3R-regeneration of 40-Gbit/s optical RZ signal by OPA with a clock-modulated pump in highly-nonlinear fiber. The power penalty is improved by 2.6 dB, and the signal power is amplified by 7 dB.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; 40 Gbit/s; clock-modulated pump; highly-nonlinear fiber; optical parametric amplification; optical signal; wavelength-shift-free 3R-regeneration; Clocks; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Repeaters; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192673
