Title :
Influence of two-photon absorption on self-phase modulation based 2R regeneration
Author :
Lamont, Michael R E ; Rochette, Martin ; Moss, David J. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We theoretically investigate the influence of two-photon absorption (TPA) on the performance of self-phase modulation based signal regenerators, showing that a device with TPA can have better performance (higher output Q-factor) than a device with no TPA.
Keywords :
Q-factor; chalcogenide glasses; optical glass; optical pulse shaping; optical repeaters; self-phase modulation; spectral line broadening; two-photon spectra; SPM induced spectral broadening; all-optical 2R regeneration; chalcogenide glass; output Q-factor; pulse reamplification; pulse reshaping; self-phase modulation; signal regenerator; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Band pass filters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Q factor; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519302
