A wavelength-maintaining polarization-insensitive all-optical 3R regenerator

Author

Savage, Shelby J. ; Robinson, Bryan S. ; Hamilton, Scott A. ; Ippen, Erich P.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

5-10 March 2006

Abstract

We introduce a wavelength converter into the folded ultrafast nonlinear interferometer, demonstrating a polarization-insensitive wavelength-maintaining 3R all-optical regenerator that gives constant output polarization. Bit-error rate data show <0.3-dB power penalty

Keywords

error statistics; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; light polarisation; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; all-optical 3R regenerator; bit-error rate; folded nonlinear interferometer; output polarization; polarization-insensitive 3R regenerator; ultrafast nonlinear interferometer; wavelength converter; wavelength-maintaining 3R regenerator; Bit error rate; Clocks; Laboratories; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215690

Filename

1636721

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2012589