Title :
10 Gbit/s all-optical regenerator
Author :
Watkinson, Peter J. ; Greer, E.J. ; Ellis, A.D.
fDate :
8/31/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 10 Gbit/s optical data stream has been regenerated all-optically by clock recovery and remodulation. The regenerator consists of a fibre ring laser, modelocked by the incoming data stream, and a Kerr shutter acting as an all-optical AND gate to recode the ring laser pulses with the incoming data. Error ratio measurements for an all-optical regenerator are presented for the first time and the future potential of all-optical regeneration is discussed
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; optical repeaters; ring lasers; 10 Gbit/s; AND gate; Kerr shutter; all-optical regenerator; clock recovery; error ratio; laser pulses; modelocked fibre ring laser; optical data stream; recoding; remodulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951058
