2R Optical Regeneration Combining XGC in a SOA and a Saturable Absorber

Antonio d'Errico (1) , Giampiero Contestabile (1) , Roberto Proietti (1) , Marco Presi (1) , Ernesto Ciaramella (1) , Laurent Bramerie (2) , Mathilde Gay (2) , Sebastien Lobo (2) , Michel Joindot (2) , Jean-Claude Simon (2) , David Massoubre (3) , Hoang Trung Nguyen (3) , Jean-Louis Oudar (3)

1 SSSUP - Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant'Anna [Pisa]
2 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
3 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures

Wavelength-preserving 2R-Regeneration based on Saturable-Absorber and Cross-Gain-Compression in gain-saturated SOA is experimentally demonstrated for NRZ-10-Gbit/s signals. The regenerator noise resistance is proven in a recirculating loop with noise loading.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Antonio d'Errico, Giampiero Contestabile, Roberto Proietti, Marco Presi, Ernesto Ciaramella, et al.. 2R Optical Regeneration Combining XGC in a SOA and a Saturable Absorber. Optical Fiber Communication conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2008 (OFC/NFOEC 2008), Feb 2008, San Diego (CA), United States. pp.1 - 3, ⟨10.1109/OFC.2008.4528724⟩. ⟨hal-00276704⟩