DocumentCode
1746259
Title
Optimised 2R all-optical regenerator with low polarisation sensitivity penalty (<1 dB) for optical networking applications
Author
Emery, J.-Y. ; Picq, M. ; Poingt, F. ; Gaborit, F. ; Brenot, R. ; Renaud, M. ; Lavigne, B. ; Dupas, A.
Author_Institution
Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
17-22 March 2001
Abstract
2R experiments at 10 Gbit/s have been performed using a low polarisation sensitivity SOA-Mach-Zehnder interferometer. Excess penalty below 1 dB due to polarisation sensitivity has been measured over 15 and 25 nm input wavelength range with respectively 21 and 25 dB/0.1 nm input OSNR.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light polarisation; optical repeaters; optimisation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sensitivity; 10 Gbit/s; excess penalty; input OSNR; input wavelength range; low polarisation sensitivity SOA-Mach-Zehnder interferometer; low polarisation sensitivity penalty; optical networking applications; optimised 2R all-optical regenerator; polarisation sensitivity; Bit error rate; Degradation; Dynamic range; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-655-9
Type
conf
Filename
927826
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