Title :
Characterizing the Noise Transfer Properties of an All-Optical Regenerator
Author :
Sung Han Chung ; Cartledge, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada
Abstract :
To determine the noise transfer properties of all-optical regenerators, the relative standard deviation for the peak power of the output pulse is shown to be a useful quantity that is consistent with more detailed measurements.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical information processing; optical noise; optical repeaters; optical transfer function; self-phase modulation; SPM; all-optical regenerator; highly nonlinear fiber; noise transfer properties characterization; power transfer function; self-phase modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Measurement standards; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Repeaters; Scanning probe microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528726
