• DocumentCode
    2017728
  • 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
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    400
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363280
  • Filename
    1363280