Optical 2R regenerator based on passive saturable absorber for 40 Gbit/s WDM long-haul transmissions

Author

Rouvillain, D. ; Brindel, P. ; Pierre, Laurence ; Leclerc, O. ; Choumane, H. ; Aubin, Guy ; Oudar, J.L.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Research & Innovation, Marcoussis

Volume

38

Issue

19

fYear

2002

fDate

9/12/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1113

Lastpage

1114

Abstract

A semiconductor saturable absorber based on an ion-irradiated quantum-well vertical cavity is implemented in a 40 Gbit/s dispersion-managed RZ loop, yielding a Q-factor of 13 dB and 11.3 dB at 7600 km distance in single-channel and WDM environments with five 200 GHz-spaced 40 Gbit/s channels, respectively. The regeneration capabilities of the passive 2R regenerator are investigated

Keywords

Q-factor; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical saturable absorption; quantum well lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 micron; 200 GHz-spaced 40 Gbit/s channels; 40 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s WDM long-haul transmissions; 7600 km; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP/InP quantum wells; Q-factor; WDM environment; dispersion-managed RZ loop; ion-irradiated quantum-well vertical cavity; optical 2R regenerator; passive saturable absorber; regeneration capabilities; semiconductor saturable absorber; single-channel environment;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20020715

Filename

1038622