Title :
Analysis of noise suppression in cascaded all-optical regenerators
Author :
Mork, Jesper ; Öhman, Filip ; Bischoff, Svend
Author_Institution :
COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We derive an approximate analytical expression for the BER of cascaded links with all-optical regenerators and use it for performing a general analysis of the interplay between noise and the non-linearity of the regenerator characteristic.
Keywords :
approximation theory; error statistics; nonlinear optics; optical noise; optical repeaters; BER; approximate analytical expression; cascaded all-optical regenerators; cascaded links; noise suppression; optical nonlinearity; regenerator characteristic; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise figure; Noise level; Optical noise; Repeaters; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133967