Analysis of a 2R optical regenerator utilizing self-phase modulation in a highly nonlinear fiber

Author

Matsumoto, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

613

Abstract

Summary form only given. In this paper we perform an analysis and design of a 2R optical regenerator consisting of a saturable absorber (SA), a highly nonlinear fiber (HNF), and a narrowband optical bandpass filter (OBPF). This regeneration scheme is a lumped version of soliton transmission control by means of guiding filters and saturable absorbers. The regenerator has the advantages that no local signal source is needed, which makes the system simpler, and that phase information of the signal is retained so that we may benefit from using improved modulation formats such as carrier-suppressed RZ.

Keywords

band-pass filters; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; self-phase modulation; 2R optical regenerator; carrier-suppressed RZ; eye-opening degradation; highly nonlinear fiber; modulation formats; narrowband optical bandpass filter; saturable absorber; self-phase modulation; signal phase information retention; soliton transmission control; Band pass filters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Narrowband; Optical design; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Performance analysis; Repeaters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034387

Filename

1034387