Title :
All optical regeneration by cross gain compression in semiconductor amplifiers
Author :
Contestabile, G. ; Proietti, R. ; Calabretta, N. ; Ciaramella, E.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate the regenerative properties of cross gain compression between two logical inverted signals in a semiconductor optical amplifier. Simultaneous wavelength conversion and wavelength-preserving regeneration of degraded 10 Gb/s signals are reported.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; all optical regeneration; cross gain compression; degraded 10 Gb/s signals; logical inverted signals; regenerative properties; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion; wavelength-preserving regeneration;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
