Title :
Mitigation of PMD @ 40 Gb/s using an optically clocked 3R regenerator
Author :
Bornholdt, C. ; Slovak, J. ; Schmidt, Ch. ; Sartorius, B.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Fraunhofer Insitut for Telecommun., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Mitigation of PMD distortions is performed at 40 Gb/s using a wavelength preserving semiconductor based all-optical 3R regenerator. The mitigation of PMD is successfully demonstrated by eye analysis and BER measurements for an average DGD of 10.2 ps.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre dispersion; semiconductor lasers; BER measurements; PMD; distortions mitigation; eye analysis; optically clocked 3R regenerator; wavelength preserving semiconductor; Bit error rate; Clocks; Costs; Degradation; Delay; Jitter; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192678
