• DocumentCode
    2654540
  • Title

    Bit error ratio improvement by two transfer function regenerators

  • Author

    Rochette, M. ; Blows, J.L. ; Moss, D. ; Mok, J.T. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Kutz, J.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1735
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that an optical regenerator can improve the BER only if it has different power transfer functions for the logical ones and logical zeros. Regenerators that filter SPM spectral broadening provide such transfer functions.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; self-phase modulation; spectral line broadening; SPM; bit error ratio; optical regenerator; power transfer function; self-phase modulation; spectral broadening; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Repeaters; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549265
  • Filename
    1549265