Title :
200-pass picosecond-pulse transmission through a regenerative recirculating fiber loop
Author :
Savage, Shelby J. ; Robinson, Bryan S. ; Hamilton, Scott A. ; Ippen, Erich P.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Technol. Group, Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA
Abstract :
We demonstrate picosecond-pulse transmission over 20 Mm using an all-optical 3R regenerator cascaded 200 times. Bit-error rate curves and cross-correlations show good pulse quality and a 1-dB penalty compared to back-to-back.
Keywords :
error statistics; high-speed optical techniques; optical repeaters; all-optical 3R regenerator; bit-error rate curves; cross-correlations; picosecond-pulse transmission; regenerative recirculating fiber loop; Bit error rate; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Space vector pulse width modulation; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (070.4340) Nonlinear optical signal processing; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices; (320.7080) Ultrafast devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627875
