Regeneration using an SOA-MZI in a 100-pass 10,000-km Recirculating Fiber Loop

We demonstrate all-optical regeneration in an SOA-MZI on a 10-Gb/s picosecond pulse train over 10,000 km in a 100-km recirculating loop. The bit-error rate after 100 loop-passes shows a 0.5-dB penalty.

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Main Authors: Wang, J.P., Savage, S.J., Robinson, B.S., Hamilton, S.A., Ippen, E.P., Ruomei Mu, Hongsheng Wang, Spiekman, L., Stefanov, B.B.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Distortion measurement
Laboratories
Optical fiber communication
Optical fiber polarization
Optical pulses
Pulse amplifiers
Pulse measurements
Repeaters
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Wavelength measurement
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Summary:We demonstrate all-optical regeneration in an SOA-MZI on a 10-Gb/s picosecond pulse train over 10,000 km in a 100-km recirculating loop. The bit-error rate after 100 loop-passes shows a 0.5-dB penalty.
ISSN:2160-9004
DOI:10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452669