Title :
Extinction ratio improvement and negative BER penalty for 2R regeneration in Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter
Author :
Kim, Dong Churl ; Jeon, Min Yong ; Leem, Young Ahn ; Shim, Eun Deok ; Yee, Dae Soo ; Park, Kyung Hyun
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon
Abstract :
Extinction ratio (ER) improvement and BER penalty were measured in Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter with preamplifiers at 10 Gbit/s. For the input with smaller ER, the ER was more improved and BER showed larger negative penalty
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; preamplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 2R regeneration; Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter; extinction ratio; negative BER penalty; preamplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
