Title :
Optical 3R regeneration with all-optical timing extraction and simultaneous wavelength conversion using a single Electro-Absorption Modulator
Author :
Awad, Ehab S. ; Cho, Pak S. ; Richardson, Chuck ; Moulton, Norman ; Goldhar, Julius
Author_Institution :
Laboratory for Physical Sciences and Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, college Park, MD 20742, esawad@ieee.org
Abstract :
All-optical timing extraction, re-shaping, and wavelength conversion are performed simultaneously using a single EAM at l0Gbit/s with 231-1 PRBS data. Extracted timing is used for clock recovery and re-timing. The 3R power penalty improvement is 4.7dB.
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
