Title :
Measurement of pulse degradation using all-optical 2R regenerator
Author :
Westbrook, P.S. ; Her, T.H. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Hunsche, S. ; Raybon, G.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
9/26/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is shown that signal performance degradation due to chromatic dispersion may be measured within an optical 2R fibre regenerator using optical filtering of the self-phase modulation broadened spectrum in the regenerator
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical filters; optical repeaters; self-phase modulation; chromatic dispersion; optical 2R fibre regenerator; optical filtering; performance monitoring; pulse degradation; self-phase modulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020837
