• DocumentCode
    1689506
  • Title

    Cascaded operation of a 2R burst-mode regenerator with data exhibiting 6 dB power variation

  • Author

    Kanellos, G.T. ; Klonidis, D. ; Pleros, N. ; Zakynthinos, P. ; Apostolopoulos, D. ; Poustie, A. ; Maxwell, G. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Tomkos, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Techn. Univ., Athens
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Cascaded operation of a single SOA-MZI 2R burst-mode regenerator is demonstrated using a novel loop configuration that induces a per-loop 6 dB power variation on the recirculating data. Error-free operation is achieved for four successive loops.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2R burst-mode regenerator; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA-MZI; cascaded operation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Electrooptic modulators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348923
  • Filename
    4348923