DocumentCode
2015229
Title
Evidence of noise compression by cross gain compression in SOAs
Author
Contestabile, G. ; Proietti, R. ; Calabretta, N. ; Giorgi, L. ; Ciaramella, E.
Author_Institution
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Abstract
Effective compression of the noise distributions in optical NRZ signals by exploiting cross-gain-compression in SOAs is reported. First transmission results show that this simple technique can be used for all-optical 2R regeneration without wavelength conversion.
Keywords
data compression; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; all-optical 2R regeneration; cross gain compression; noise compression; optical NRZ signals; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse inverters; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.215810
Filename
1636841
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