Optical Regeneration of WDM Signals Using Quasi-Continuous Filtering

Author

Cuenot, Benjamin ; Ellis, Andrew ; Healy, Noel ; Murphy, Dominic F. ; Hussey, Conleth D.

Author_Institution

Tyndall Nat. Inst., Univ. Coll. Cork

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 June 2006

Firstpage

267

Lastpage

270

Abstract

The design and performance of a novel all-fibre based 2R regenerator are presented. Simulations at 10 Gbit/s indicate Q-factor back-to-back improvements of 2.3 and 1.6 dB for single-channel and WDM operation respectively, which are the highest reported values. The transmission reach is increased from 3500 km to more than 6000 km at 10 Gbit/s. Towards practical realisation of this device, low-loss coupling between non-linear fibres is reported

Keywords

filtering theory; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical repeaters; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 3500 km; Kerr effect; Q-factor; WDM signals; all-fibre 2R regenerator; low-loss coupling; nonlinear fibres; optical regeneration; quasicontinuous filtering; single-channel operation; wavelength-division multiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing; Kerr effect; fiber optics communications; optical regeneration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248233

Filename

4013647