DocumentCode
1824832
Title
A new architecture for counterpropagation-based photonic regeneration and reshaping
Author
Lakshminarayana, Ganesh ; Sarathy, Jiten ; Stefanov, Boris ; Mu, Ruomei ; Thai, Tammy ; Lowe, David
Author_Institution
Alphion Inc., Eatontown, NJ, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2005
fDate
6-11 March 2005
Abstract
This paper presents the honeycomb architecture for performing photonic regeneration and re-shaping in the counter-propagation. We demonstrate the suppression of undesired gain compression and cross-gain modulation effects along with significant improvement of input power sensitivity.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light propagation; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; counterpropagation; cross-gain modulation effects; gain compression; honeycomb architecture; photonic regeneration; photonic reshaping; Modulation coding; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic integrated circuits; Preamplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Transponders;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN
1-55752-783-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2005.192676
Filename
1498412
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