DocumentCode
449144
Title
2R regeneration in a novel ultra-compact integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author
Reading-Picopoulos, D. ; Moll, E. ; Chai, Y.J. ; Zhao, X. ; Williams, K. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
481
Abstract
A novel integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer, based on an ultra-compact crosspoint structure employing semiconductor optical amplifiers is proposed and its regenerative properties investigated. We demonstrate ER and OSNR improvements of 8.81 dB and 5.0 dB respectively at 10 GHz.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 GHz; 2R regeneration; ER improvements; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; OSNR improvements; crosspoint structure; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultracompact integrated interferometer;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location
IET
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Type
conf
Filename
1576347
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