• DocumentCode
    444343
  • Title

    The influence of nonlinearity, noise and extinction ratio on the cascading properties of 2R-regenerators

  • Author

    Öhman, Filip ; Mørk, Jesper

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center COM, Lyugby, Denmark
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    999
  • Abstract
    We have derived an expression for the BER of a cascade of 2R-regenerators including the effects of nonlinearity, noise and extinction-ratio. The best choice of threshold and the interplay between device parameters are investigated.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; optical repeaters; 2R-regenerators; BER; cascading properties; extinction ratio; noise; optical communication; Bit error rate; Extinction ratio; Gaussian noise; Noise figure; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Repeaters; Signal to noise ratio; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549009
  • Filename
    1549009