Title :
Operation margin of all-optical regenerator at 40-Gbit/s by SOA-based polarization discriminated switch
Author :
Tsurusawa, M. ; Nishimura, K. ; Inohara, R. ; Usami, M.
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
We have experimentally investigated the operation margin of all-optical regenerator by SOA-based polarization discriminated switch at 40 Gbit/s. The tolerances against power variance and timing deviation of the input data signals were evaluated in detail.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; SOA-based polarization discriminated switch; all-optical regenerator; input data signal; operation margin; power variance; timing deviation; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Pulse amplifiers; Switches; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248430
