DocumentCode
1666941
Title
All-optical regeneration: The Holy Grail or cold fusion?
Author
Raybon, Gregory
Author_Institution
Bell Labs. Res., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
fYear
2010
Firstpage
113
Lastpage
114
Abstract
All-optical regeneration, once believed to be the Holy Grail of optical communications for extending reach and mitigating transmission impairments, is now being challenged by the progress in electronic processing and advanced modulation techniques.
Keywords
electro-optical devices; optical communication; optical repeaters; advanced modulation techniques; all-optical regeneration; electronic processing; optical communications; Adaptive optics; Modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Repeaters; Fiber optics links and subsystems; Modulation; Optical communications;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-3731-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553653
Filename
5553653
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