Title :
Experimental demonstration of a fiber-based optical 2R regenerator in front of an 80Gbit/s receiver
Author :
Her, T. ; Raybon, G. ; Headley, C.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, an 80 Gbit/s optical 2R regenerator based on self phase modulation in fiber. The potential improvement in receiver sensitivity and tolerance to degraded optical signal-to-noise ratio is investigated.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 80 Gbit/s; fiber-based optical 2R regenerator; optical signal-to-noise ratio; potential improvement; receiver sensitivity; receiver tolerance; self phase modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247596
