Conference paper
All-optical signal regeneration at 40 Gbit/s using a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer based on semiconductor optical amplifiers
Summary form only given. All-optical signal regeneration and processing are interesting for high bit-rate transmission systems. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is a promising device for functionalities like all-optical add/drop and signal regeneration. Wavelength conversion up-to 20 Gbit/s, demultiplexing of a 8×10 Gbit/s signal and all-optical signal regeneration at 40 Gbit/s have been experimentally demonstrated, showing the high speed processing potential.
We have theoretically investigated all-optical signal regeneration in a SOA based MZI and identified some of the main limiting factors and optimization issues.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Pages: | 345 |
| Proceedings: | Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2000 |
| ISBN: | 1557526346 and 9781557526342 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/CLEO.2000.907094 |
| ORCIDs: | Mørk, Jesper |
20 Gbit/s 80 Gbit/s Demultiplexing Limiting Mach-Zehnder interferometer Mach-Zehnder interferometers SOA based MZI Semiconductor optical amplifiers Signal processing all-optical add/drop regeneration all-optical signal regeneration clocks demultiplexing high speed processing potential optical repeaters optical wavelength conversion optimisation optimization issue semiconductor optical amplifiers wavelength division multiplexing
