Title :
Experimental demonstration of 15 dB extinction ratio improvement in a new 2R optical regenerator based on an MMI-SOA
Author :
De Merlier, J. ; Morthier, Geert ; Van Caenegem, T. ; Baets, Roel ; Moerman, Ingrid ; Van Daele, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
All-optical regeneration has been demonstrated for the first time using a 2×2 MMI-SOA, showing a digital-like transfer characteristic and an output extinction ratio of 22 dB for an input extinction ratio of 7 dB.
Keywords :
light interference; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; extinction ratio; multimode interference; optical regenerator; semiconductor optical amplifier; transfer characteristic; Etching; Extinction ratio; Interference; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Optimized production technology; Refractive index; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989115
