Title :
Wavelength-Shift-Free 3R Regenerator for 40-Gb/s RZ System by Optical Parametric Amplification in Fiber
Author :
Yu, C. ; Luo, T. ; Zhang, B. ; Pan, Z. ; Adler, M. ; Wang, Y. ; McGeehan, J.E. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate wavelength-shift-free 3R-regenerator for 40-Gb/s optical return-to-zero (RZ) system by optical parametric amplification (OPA) with a clock-modulated pump in highly nonlinear fiber. The power penalty is improved by 2.6 dB, and the signal power is amplified by 7 dB
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical repeaters; 40 Gbit/s; clock-modulated pump; fiber amplification; nonlinear fiber; optical parametric amplification; optical return-to-zero system; power penalty; wavelength-shift-free 3R regenerator; Clocks; Degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Four-wave mixing; nonlinear optics; optical fiber communication;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.887195
