Title :
All-optical 40 Gb/s 3R regeneration assisted by clock-extraction based on a passively mode-locked quantum-dash Fabry-Pérot laser
Author :
Maldonado-Basilio, Ramón ; Latkowski, Sylwester ; Parra-Cetina, Josué ; Landais, Pascal
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng. (RINCE), Dublin City Univ., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
Experimental measurements on a quantum dash mode-locked Fabry-Perot laser are presented. Its potential for clock recovery at 40 Gb/s in an all-optical 3R regeneration with an NRZ-to-RZ format conversion and wavelength offset of 23 nm is demonstrated.
Keywords :
data communication equipment; laser mode locking; optical fibre amplifiers; optical repeaters; quantum dash lasers; random sequences; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; clock-extraction; data regeneration operations; format conversion; nonreturn-to-zero pseudo random bit sequence; optical regeneration; passively mode-locked quantum-dash Fabry-Perot laser; wavelength offset; Clocks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621390
