Title :
Asynchronous Digital Optical Regenerator by an EAM-loop for 4 Ã\x97 40Gb/s WDM to 160Gb/s OTDM Conversion
Author :
Chow, C.W. ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork
Abstract :
We propose an asynchronous-digital-optical-regenerator by using a single EAM-loop with neighbour-combine-gate approach. It effectively regenerates signal with high amplitude fluctuation, re-shapes and re-times pulses for 4 x 40Gb/s WDM to 160Gb/s OTDM conversion.
Keywords :
electroabsorption; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; EAM-loop; OTDM conversion; WDM; asynchronous digital optical regenerator; byte rate 160 GByte/s; electroabsorption modulator; neighbour-combine-gate approach; wavelength division multiplexing; Clocks; Fluctuations; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Repeaters; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348348
