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
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