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
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