Title :
Multi-wavelength all-optical regeneration techniques
Author :
Parmigiani, F. ; Provost, L. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We review the progress on the various existing fibre-based solutions proposed to date to extend all-optical 2R regeneration to multi-channel operation. Our emphasis is on a bi-directional architecture based on offset filtering of an SPM-broadened spectrum.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; self-phase modulation; all-optical regeneration technique; bi-directional architecture; broadened spectrum; fibre-based solution; multichannel operation; multiwavelength; offset filtering; self-phase modulation; Bidirectional control; Filtering;
Conference_Titel :
Summer Topical Meeting, 2009. LEOSST '09. IEEE/LEOS
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3913-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2009.5226221
