• DocumentCode
    356469
  • Title

    Full validation of an optical 3R regenerator at 20 Gbit/s

  • Author

    Lavigne, B. ; Guerber, P. ; Janz, C. ; Jourdan, A. ; Renaud, M.

  • Author_Institution
    c/o CIT, Alcatel Corporate Res. Center, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    93
  • Abstract
    An optical 3R regenerator combining semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach Zehnder interferometers is assessed at 20 Gbit/s. Inserted in a recirculation loop including 110 mm of dispersion shifted fibre, more than 200 regenerators have been cascaded.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fiber dispersion; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 to 20 Gbit/s; 110 km; Gbit/s; dispersion shifted fibre; optical 3R regenerator; recirculation loop; semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach Zehnder interferometers; Bit error rate; Clocks; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical solitons; Power measurement; Repeaters;
  • 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.2000.868533
  • Filename
    868533