Title :
Improvement of regeneration capabilities in semiconductor optical amplifier-based 3R regenerator
Author :
Lavigne, B. ; Chiaroni, D. ; Guerber, P. ; Hamon, L. ; Jourdan, A.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, France
Abstract :
A 4-dB reduction of the optical signal-to-noise ratio admissible by an all-optical regenerator is demonstrated. Applied to long-haul transmission, an error-free 10-Gbit/s NRZ transmission over 170,000 is performed with 170-km repeater spacing.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 170 km; 4 dB; all-optical regenerator; long-haul transmission; optical signal-to-noise ratio; regeneration capabilities; semiconductor optical amplifier-based 3R regenerator; Intelligent networks; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Repeaters; Semiconductor device reliability; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Telecommunication traffic; Transfer functions;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.767815
