• DocumentCode
    356465
  • Title

    All-optical 3R regeneration and format conversion in an integrated SOA/DFB laser

  • Author

    Owen, M. ; Stephens, M.F.C. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Bristol Univ., UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    76
  • Abstract
    Simultaneous all-optical 3R regeneration and NRZ to RZ format conversion is demonstrated for the first time in an integrated SOA/DFB laser. After 10l km of standard fiber, a negative BER penalty of 1.5 dB is achieved after all-optical regeneration.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; integrated optics; optical repeaters; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 101 km; NRZ to RZ format conversion; all-optical 3R regeneration; all-optical regeneration; format conversion; integrated SOA/DFB laser; negative BER penalty; simultaneous all-optical 3R regeneration; standard fiber; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical variables control; Repeaters; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868527
  • Filename
    868527