• DocumentCode
    398776
  • Title

    Numerical study of dispersion tolerance of 43 Gbit/s SOA-MZI based optical 3R regenerators in long-haul transmission lines

  • Author

    Nicollet, J. ; Lavigne, B. ; Leclerc, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel, Marcoussis, France
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Abstract
    The dispersion tolerance of SOA-MZI-based optical 3R regenerators implemented in a 2400km-long 40 Gbit/s WDM transmission line is numerically investigated, showing a wide +/-20 ps/nm range in the dispersion compensation when considering a 5 dB reduction in the system performance.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical repeaters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication transmission lines; wavelength division multiplexing; 2400 km; 40 Gbit/s; 43 Gbit/s; SOA-MZI based optical 3R regenerators; WDM transmission line; dispersion compensation; dispersion tolerance; long-haul transmission lines; Biomedical optical imaging; Bit error rate; Clocks; Frequency; Jitter; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Repeaters; Transmission lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1247526
  • Filename
    1247526