Title :
Jitter Reduction in a 40 Gb/s All-Optical Packet-Mode 3R Regenerator Using Integrated MZI-SOA Switches
Author :
Bakopoulos, P. ; Tsiokos, D. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Poustie, A. ; Maxwell, G.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Communications Research Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Zographou, GR 15773, Athens, Greece, e-mail: pbakop@mail.ntua.gr
Abstract :
We describe phase jitter reduction from 4 to 1 ps for different optical packet lengths in an all-optical 40Gb/s 3R-regenerator, based on integrated MZI-SOAs. Error-free BER operation with 2.5 dB power penalty improvement is demonstrated.
Keywords :
Circuits; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Jitter; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Packet switching; Repeaters; Switches; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801034
