• DocumentCode
    1956480
  • Title

    Mitigation of nonlinear impairments from semiconductor optical amplifiers using an optical equalizer

  • Author

    Bhardwaj, Ashish ; Doerr, Christopher R. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Stulz, Lawrence W.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    431
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate and study significant improvements in the measured bit-error rates of 40-Gb/s signals distorted after passing through a single and a cascade of two semiconductor optical amplifiers by using a simple colorless optical equalizer.
  • Keywords
    equalisers; error statistics; integrated optics; nonlinear distortion; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; bit-error rates; nonlinear impairments mitigation; optical equalizer; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal distortion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359309