Title :
Cascade of 100 optical 3R regenerators at 40 Gbit/s based on all-active Mach Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Lavigne, B. ; Guerber, P. ; Brindel, P. ; Balmefrezol, E. ; Dagens, B.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel CIT/Alcatel Corporate Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
The operation of an optical 3R regenerator combining monolithic integrated semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach Zehnder interferometers is demonstrated at 40 Gbit/s. 100 regenerators have been cascaded in a recirculation loop including 40 km of dispersion shifted fibre.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; 40 km; all-active Mach Zehnder interferometers; monolithic integrated semiconductor optical amplifier-based Mach Zehnder interferometers; optical 3R regenerators; re-amplification re-timing and re-shaping; recirculation loop; Bit error rate; Clocks; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989632
