Title :
All-optical regeneration: The Holy Grail or cold fusion?
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs. Res., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
All-optical regeneration, once believed to be the Holy Grail of optical communications for extending reach and mitigating transmission impairments, is now being challenged by the progress in electronic processing and advanced modulation techniques.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; optical communication; optical repeaters; advanced modulation techniques; all-optical regeneration; electronic processing; optical communications; Adaptive optics; Modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Repeaters; Fiber optics links and subsystems; Modulation; Optical communications;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553653
