• DocumentCode
    2054953
  • Title

    Novel 42.65 Gbit/s dual gate asynchronous digital optical regenerator using a single MZM

  • Author

    Ibrahim, S.K. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Weerasuriya, R. ; Zarris, G. ; Simeonidou, D. ; Leuthold, J. ; Ellis, A.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonic Syst. Group, Tyndall Nat. Inst., Cork
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate experimentally a 42.65 Gbit/s dual-gate asynchronous digital optical regenerator in a novel configuration using a single MZM, with receiver sensitivity penalty of only ~2dB.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; asynchronous circuits; optical receivers; optical repeaters; asynchronous optical regenerator; bit rate 42.65 Gbit/s; digital optical regenerator; dual-gate optical regenerator; receiver sensitivity; single MZM; Clocks; Delay; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse width modulation; Repeaters; Sampling methods; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729251
  • Filename
    4729251