Title :
Simultaneous 2R regeneration of WDM signals in a single optical fibre
Author :
Petropoulos, P. ; Provost, L. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Kouloumentas, Ch ; Finot, C. ; Mukasa, K. ; Vorreau, P. ; Tomkos, I. ; Sygletos, S. ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, J. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
Two experimental implementations of amplitude regeneration of WDM signals based on self-phase modulation (SPM) in optical fibres are discussed. The two examples differ in their approach of mitigation of inter-channel nonlinearities.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; self-phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM signal; amplitude regeneration; inter-channel nonlinearities mitigation; self-phase modulation; simultaneous 2R regeneration; single optical fibre; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Repeaters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771753
