• DocumentCode
    338566
  • Title

    Novel optical-regenerator using electroabsorption modulators

  • Author

    Miyazaki, T. ; Edagawa, N. ; Suzuki, M. ; Yamamoto, S.

  • Author_Institution
    KDD R&D Labs. Inc., Saitama, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    350
  • Abstract
    Novel optical regenerator architecture employing electroabsorption-modulator-wavelength-converters is proposed. The wavelength converter acts also as a photodiode. The improvement of the Q-factor and the noise reset are experimentally confirmed.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical frequency conversion; optical noise; optical repeaters; photodiodes; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; Q-factor; electroabsorption modulators; electroabsorption-modulator-wavelength-converters; noise reset; optical regenerator architecture; optical-regenerator; photodiode; High speed optical techniques; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-582-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1999.766437
  • Filename
    766437