Title :
Implications of signal chirp on the performance of an all-optical 2R regenerator based on self-phase modulation in a highly nonlinear fiber
Author :
Ito, Chris ; Monfils, Iannick ; Cartiedge, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of electrical & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
For a 2R regenerator, based on self-phase modulation and spectral slicing, the sensitivity of the performance to the input signal chirp is investigated by using 10 Gb/s RZ signals with negative, near-zero and positive chirp.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; self-phase modulation; 10 Gbit/s; RZ signals; all-optical 2R regenerator; highly nonlinear fiber; self-phase modulation; signal chirp; spectral slicing; Chirp modulation; Erbium; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Scanning probe microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363280
