Title :
Signal regeneration and all-optical wavelength conversion
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We review the basics of all-optical signal regeneration with an emphasis on reshaping. Applying these concepts we demonstrate wavelength conversion and reshaping with respect to extinction ratio, signal pulse width and polarisation mode dispersion (PMD).
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; telecommunication signalling; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD; all-optical signal regeneration; extinction ratio; optical pulse reshaping; optical wavelength conversion; polarisation mode dispersion; signal pulse width; Delay; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Signal to noise ratio; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133941
