Title :
Optically clocked ultra long SOAs: a novel technique for high speed 3R signal regeneration
Author :
Slovak, J. ; Bornholdt, C. ; Busolt, U. ; Bramann, G. ; Schmidt, Ch. ; Ehlers, H. ; Nolting, H.P. ; Sartorius, B.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Ultra long SOAs are developed and applied for optical signal processing. An optically clocked UL-SOA is presented in a novel regeneration concept. Successful operation and regeneration is demonstrated by eye-analysis and BER-measurements at 40 Gb/s.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; synchronisation; 3R signal regeneration; 40 Gbit/s; BER-measurements; eye-analysis; optical clock; optical signal processing; ultralong SOA;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
