Title :
Bit-Error-Rate Assessment of 170-Gb/s Regeneration Using a Saturable Absorber and a Nonlinear-Fiber-Based Power Limiter
Author :
Gay, Mathilde ; Silva, Marcia Costa e ; Nguyen, Thanh Nam ; Bramerie, Laurent ; Chartier, Thierry ; Joindot, Michel ; Simon, Jean-Claude ; Fatome, Julien ; Finot, Christophe ; Oudar, Jean-Louis
Author_Institution :
ENSSAT, Univ. Rennes 1, Lannion, France
Abstract :
A 170-Gb/s all-optical 2R regenerator made up of a fast saturable absorber and a highly nonlinear-fiber-based power limiter is reported for the first time. Bit-error-rate assessment of one of the four 42.5-Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexed tributaries shows a receiver sensitivity improvement.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical limiters; optical receivers; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; time division multiplexing; all-optical 2R regenerator; bit rate 170 Gbit/s; bit rate 42.5 Gbit/s; bit-error-rate assessment; nonlinear-fiber-based power limiter; optical regeneration; optical time-division-multiplexed tributaries; receiver sensitivity improvement; saturable absorber; Nonlinear optics; optical fiber communication; optical signal processing; semiconductor devices;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2037157
