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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549265
