Title :
2R regeneration and simultaneous wavelength conversion using a fiber parametric amplifier and a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
2R regeneration using a fiber parametric amplifier and a semiconductor amplifier has been demonstrated at 10 Gb/s with a 3.8 dB negative power penalty and significant extinction ratio improvement from 5 dB to 14 dB.
Keywords :
extinction coefficients; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbits/s; 2R regeneration; 3.8 dB; extinction ratio; fiber parametric amplifier; negative power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248126
