Title :
A 2-m-long reshaping regenerator based on a highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber
Author :
Asimakis, Symeon ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J. ; Sugimoto, Naoki ; Koizumi, Fumihito
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
We report the use of a 2-m-long highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber in a simple 2R regeneration scheme. An improvement in receiver sensitivity of ~5 dB at 10-Gbit/s and ~2 dB at 40-Gbit/s is demonstrated
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical receivers; optical repeaters; 10 Gbit/s; 2 m; 2R regeneration; 40 Gbit/s; Bi2O3; nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber; receiver sensitivity; reshaping regenerator; Bismuth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215688
