Title :
Performance evaluation of a highly non-linear fibre based NOLM for regeneration up to 160 Gb/s
Author :
Scaffardi, M. ; Andersen, P.A. ; OxenlØwe, L.K. ; Galili, M. ; Larsson, D. ; Yvind, K. ; Jeppesen, P. ; Bogoni, A. ; Ghelfi, P. ; Poti, L.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
This work evaluates experimentally the performance of the first stage of the regenerator, which employs a highly non-linear fibre (HNLF), by investigating the suppression of the noise on the space at 60 and 160 Gb/s. The use of a highly non-linear fibre allows a large reduction of the required input power. The measurements show good noise suppression at moderate input powers.
Keywords :
mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical noise; optical repeaters; 160 Gbit/s; 60 Gbit/s; NOLM; highly nonlinear fibre; noise suppression; regeneration; Bit error rate; Laboratories; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Signal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363574
