Title :
All-optical regeneration of 40-Gb/s low-Q signal using XPM-induced wavelength shift in highly-nonlinear fiber
Author :
Suzuki, Jun ; Tanemura, Takuo ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical regeneration of a 40-Gb/s low-Q signal, whose BER is as low as 10-4, using cross-phase modulation in a highly nonlinear fiber. Such a regenerator is compatible with a FEC-employing system.
Keywords :
Q-factor; error statistics; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; 40 Gbit/s; BER; FEC-employing system; XPM; all-optical regeneration; cross-phase modulation; highly-nonlinear fiber; low-Q signal; regenerator; wavelength shift;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
