DocumentCode
412417
Title
Enhanced 10 Gb/s error-free transmission distance using all-optical 2R regeneration with ion-implanted MQW saturable absorber and nonlinear fibre
Author
Pantouvaki, M. ; Burr, E.P. ; Seeds, A.J. ; Gwilliam, R. ; Krysa, A.R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We demonstrate extension of the error-free transmission distance in a 10 Gb/s system with 80 km amplifier spacing, from /spl sim/1,600 km to 5,840 km through all-optical 2R-regeneration using an ion-implanted InGaAsP MQW saturable absorber and a nonlinear fibre.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; ion implantation; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor quantum wells; 10 Gbit/s; 80 km; InGaAsP; InGaAsP MQW saturable absorber; all-optical 2R regeneration; amplifier spacing; error-free transmission distance; ion-implanted MQW saturable absorber; nonlinear fibre; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Quantum well devices; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Synthetic aperture sonar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298568
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