Title :
WDM-enabled, 40 Gb/s hybrid integrated all-optical regenerator
Author :
Maxwell, G. ; McDougall, R. ; Harmon, R. ; Nield, M. ; Rivers, L. ; Poustie, A. ; Gunning, F. ; Yang, X. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Webb, R. ; Manning, R.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Integrated Photonics, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate a WDM-enabled optical regenerator incorporating wavelength selective filters for signal combining and filtering. The consequent 3 dB loss reduction allows ultra-low power switching and error-free BER performance at 40 Gb/s for all PRBS pattern lengths.
Keywords :
error statistics; integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical repeaters; wavelength division multiplexing; 3 dB; 40 Gbit/s; PRBS pattern lengths; WDM; error-free BER performance; hybrid optical regenerator; integrated optical regenerator; loss reduction; signal combining; signal filtering; ultralow power switching; wavelength selective filters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
