Title :
Mitigation of nonlinear impairments from semiconductor optical amplifiers using an optical equalizer
Author :
Bhardwaj, Ashish ; Doerr, Christopher R. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Stulz, Lawrence W.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate and study significant improvements in the measured bit-error rates of 40-Gb/s signals distorted after passing through a single and a cascade of two semiconductor optical amplifiers by using a simple colorless optical equalizer.
Keywords :
equalisers; error statistics; integrated optics; nonlinear distortion; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 40 Gbit/s; bit-error rates; nonlinear impairments mitigation; optical equalizer; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal distortion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
