Author :
Maxwell, Graeme ; Manning, Bob ; Nield, Maurice ; Hariow, M. ; Ford, Colin ; Clements, Mick ; Lucas, Steve ; Townley, Phil ; McDougall, Rob ; Oliver, Steve ; Cecil, Rod ; Johnston, Lilianne ; Poustie, Alistair ; Webb, Rod ; Lealman, Ian ; Rivers, Lesley ;
Abstract :
Total coupling losses as low as 4.37 dB (fibre to waveguide to semiconductor amplifier and back, excluding amplifier gain) were achieved using entirely passive alignment in a hybrid-integrated optical regenerator. Penalty-free 2R regeneration at 40 Gbit/s was demonstrated