Title :
Noise Tolerance Assessment and System Design Discussion of a Saturable-Absorption-Based All-Optical 2R Regenerator
Author :
Le, Quang Trung ; Bramerie, Laurent ; Gay, Mathilde ; Girault, Gwenaëlle ; Joindot, Michel ; Simon, Jean Claude
Author_Institution :
FOTON-CNRS, Univ. de Rennes 1, Lannion
fDate :
5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This letter presents the cascadability assessment and the noise tolerance characterization of an all-optical 2R regenerator based on saturable absorption and nonlinear effects in fiber. The impact of optical signal-to-noise ratio on the 2R regenerator performance is shown, and a regenerator characterization technique that can be used for system design and engineering is discussed.
Keywords :
optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical noise; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; 2R regenerator performance; noise tolerance assessment; nonlinear effect; optical fiber communication; optical system design; saturable-absorption-based all-optical regenerator; All-optical regeneration; cascadability; noise tolerance; recirculating loop;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2015274
