A wavelength-preserving all-optical 3R regenerator
A wavelength-preserving all-optical 3R regenerator
Author(s): J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, B. SartoriusSubject(s): Methodology and research technology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Žilinská univerzita v Žilině
Keywords: 3R regenerator; all-optical 3R regenerator; regenerative performance;
Summary/Abstract: A novel all-optical 3R regenerator operated in the optically clocked scheme (OC-3R) is presented. The regenerator basically comprises two semiconductor components: an ultra-long semiconductor optical amplifier (UL-SOA) for effective use of fast nonlinearities and a self-pulsating PhaseCOMB-laser for all-optical clock recovery. The dynamic behaviour of the key devices is investigated theoretically and experimentally. An excellent regenerative performance of the assembled OC-3R is demonstrated by eye analysis and by bit error rate (BER) measurements at 40 Gbit/s.
Journal: Komunikácie - vedecké listy Žilinskej univerzity v Žiline
- Issue Year: 6/2004
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 84-88
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English