Title :
Semiconductor-based all-optical 3R regenerator demonstrated at 40 Gbit/s
Author :
Bornholdt, C. ; Slovak, J. ; Sartorius, B.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A novel ´optically clocked´ 3R regenerator (OC-3R) preserving the data wavelength and logic is presented. It is based on two compact semiconductor components, avoiding expensive and bulky EDFAs. The excellent system performance is demonstrated by eye analysis and BER measurements at 40 Gbit/s displaying a -3.5 dB negative penalty for strongly degraded signals.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; -3.5 dB; 40 Gbit/s; BER measurements; EDFA; all-optical 3R regenerator; data logic; data wavelength; erbium doped fibre amplifier; optically clocked 3R regenerator; semiconductor based regenerator; semiconductor components;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040131
