Cascadability and reshaping properties of a saturable absorber inserted inside a RZ transmission line for future 160-Gbit/s all-optical 2R-regenerators
Author(s)
Fatome, J.
Pitois, S.
Massoubre, D.
Oudar, J.
Millot, G.
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2007
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In this prospective work.. we analyze the behavior of a quantum-well microcavity saturable absorber component cascaded into a 100-km SMF RZ transmission line in order to annihilate the ghost-pulse phenomenon in the following simplified "...010101..." 160-Gbit/s 2-bit pattern at 1555 nm. Recirculating-loop experiments show a maximal ghost-pulse extinction up to 11.6 dB as well as an intensity extinction ratio enhancement higher than 6 dB over at least 800 km of propagation.In this prospective work.. we analyze the behavior of a quantum-well microcavity saturable absorber component cascaded into a 100-km SMF RZ transmission line in order to annihilate the ghost-pulse phenomenon in the following simplified "...010101..." 160-Gbit/s 2-bit pattern at 1555 nm. Recirculating-loop experiments show a maximal ghost-pulse extinction up to 11.6 dB as well as an intensity extinction ratio enhancement higher than 6 dB over at least 800 km of propagation.
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Journal Title
Optics Communications
Volume
279
Issue
2
Subject
Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
Optical Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Communications Technologies