DocumentCode
400017
Title
Interferometric photonic circuits for 2R optical regeneration
Author
Morthier, Geert ; Merlier, Jan De ; Zhao, Mingshan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Belgium
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
27-28 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
437
Abstract
This paper discusses two types of 2R all-optical signal regenerators. Both types can be fabricated as photonic integrated circuits that can exhibit very good static regeneration characteristics. More research is needed to optimise the regenerators for operation at high speed.
Keywords
integrated optics; light interferometry; optical repeaters; 2R optical regeneration; all-optical signal regenerators; interferometric photonic circuits; photonic integrated circuits; static regeneration; Arm; Bit rate; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical amplifiers; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic integrated circuits; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7888-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251896
Filename
1251896
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