Title :
All-optical 2R regenerative wavelength conversion of 40 Gbit/s RZ data using electro-absorption modulator with shifted band-pass filter
Author :
Dahdah, N.E. ; Charbonnier, B. ; Coquillé, R. ; Joindot, M. ; Pincemin, E.
Author_Institution :
France Telecom R&D, Lannion, France
Abstract :
We report 2R regenerative wavelength converter based on an electro-absorption modulator assisted by a shifted band-pass filter. We show an improvement of the signal quality after 400 km transmission at 40 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical wavelength conversion; 2R regenerative wavelength conversion; 40 Gbit/s; 400 km; RZ modulation format; all-optical wavelength conversion; electroabsorption modulator; shifted band-pass filter; wavelength converter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
