Title :
Analytical expression for the bit error rate of cascaded all-optical regenerators
Author :
Mørk, Jesper ; Öhman, Filip ; Bischoff, Svend
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We derive an approximate analytical expression for the bit error rate of cascaded fiber links containing all-optical 2R-regenerators. A general analysis of the interplay between noise due to amplification and the degree of reshaping (nonlinearity) of the regenerator is performed.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre networks; optical noise; optical repeaters; all-optical 2R-regenerators; bit error rate; cascaded all-optical regenerators; cascaded fiber links; nonlinearity; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Noise level; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Performance analysis; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Transfer functions;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.818059
