Title :
Novel, High-Stability 3R All-Optical Regenerator Based on Polarization Switching in a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
Author :
Gavioli, Giancarlo ; Bayvel, Polina
Author_Institution :
Optical Networks Group, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University Colege London (UCL), Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom; e-mail: g.gavioli@ee.ucl.ac.uk
Abstract :
Experimental implementation of a novel 3R-regeneration scheme based on polarisation switching in an SOA-assisted fibre Sagnac interferometer is demonstrated. Low power penalty show the potential for use in high-speed transmission systems.
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8