Title :
Experimental demonstration at 10 Gbps of 2R optical regeneration in a fiber-based MD with LOAs
Author :
Zhao, Mingshan ; De Merlier, Jan ; Morthier, Geert ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Department of Information Technology (INTEC), Ghent University - IMEC, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium, Tel.: ++32 9 264 34 92 Fax.: ++32 9 264 35 93 e-mail: mszhao@intec.rug.ac.be
Abstract :
All-optical regeneration has been demonstrated for the first time using a fiber-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer with linear optical amplifiers (LOAs) in each arm. The regenerator has potential for operation at high speed (10 Gbps is demonstrated).
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8