DocumentCode
452579
Title
Very low coupling loss, hybrid-integrated all-optical regenerator with passive assembly
Author
Maxwell, Graeme ; Manning, Bob ; Nield, Maurice ; Hariow, M. ; Ford, Colin ; Clements, Mick ; Lucas, Steve ; Townley, Phil ; McDougall, Rob ; Oliver, Steve ; Cecil, Rod ; Johnston, Lilianne ; Poustie, Alistair ; Webb, Rod ; Lealman, Ian ; Rivers, Lesley ;
Author_Institution
Corning Res. Centre, Ipswich
Volume
5
fYear
2002
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2002
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Total coupling losses as low as 4.37 dB (fibre to waveguide to semiconductor amplifier and back, excluding amplifier gain) were achieved using entirely passive alignment in a hybrid-integrated optical regenerator. Penalty-free 2R regeneration at 40 Gbit/s was demonstrated
Keywords
integrated optics; optical losses; optical repeaters; 2R regeneration; 4.37 dB; 40 Gbit/s; coupling loss; hybrid-integrated all-optical regenerator; passive assembly;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN
87-90974-63-8
Type
conf
Filename
1601403
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