DocumentCode
521270
Title
Optimizing RZ 40-Gbit/s fiber transmission system performance when utilizing SOA-MZI λ-converters
Author
Fazal, Irfan M. ; Khaleghi, Salman ; Yilmaz, Omer F. ; Yang, Jeng-Y ; Zhang, Lin ; Agarwal, Anajali ; Menendez, Ron ; Jackel, Janet ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We characterize and experimentally demonstrate the effect of negative chirp produced by SOA-MZI DXPM-based wavelength convertor at 40-Gb/s 33% RZ in a 80-km dispersion-compensated SMF link. >2-dB performance improvement is achieved by adding positive residual dispersion of +30ps/nm.
Keywords
Chirp; Delay; Design optimization; Extinction ratio; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse modulation; System performance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500884
Link To Document