Title :
All-optical regenerator based on xpm-induced wavelength shift in highly-nonlinear fiber at 40 Gb/s
Author :
Suzuki, J. ; Tanemura, T. ; Kikuchi, K.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ.
Abstract :
We demonstrate regeneration of a 40-Gb/s signal using an all-optical regenerator based on the XPM-induced wavelength shift in a highly-nonlinear fiber. The noise variance is successfully reduced and the Q-factor is improved by 0.7 dB
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; phase modulation; 40 Gbit/s; Q-factor; XPM-induced wavelength shift; all-optical regenerator; cross-phase modulation; highly-nonlinear fiber; noise variance; Band pass filters; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201758
