Title :
Polarization insensitive all-optical retiming based on cross-phase modulation and offset filtering with distributed raman amplification
Author :
Chung, Sung Han ; Tang, Xuefeng ; Cartledge, John C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON
Abstract :
Adding distributed Raman amplification to a polarization insensitive all-optical retiming technique based on crossphase modulation and offset filtering reduces the timing jitter of 10 Gb/s retimed signals.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; distributed feedback lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical repeaters; phase modulation; DFB laser; ECOC highly nonlinear fiber; cross-phase modulation; distributed Raman amplification; offset filtering; optical regenerator; polarization insensitive all-optical retiming; timing jitter; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Polarization; Stimulated emission;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729253
