Tunable all-optical signal regenerator with a semiconductor optical amplifier and a Sagnac loop: principles of operation
JOSA B, Vol. 22, Issue 12, pp. 2534-2541 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.22.002534
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Abstract
In this paper we investigate the wavelength conversion and regeneration properties of a tunable all-optical signal regenerator (TASR). In the TASR, the wavelength conversion is done by a semiconductor optical amplifier, which is incorporated in an asymmetric Sagnac loop (ASL). We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally that the ASL regenerates the incident signal's bit pattern, reduces its noise, increases the extinction ratio (which in many aspects is equivalent to noise reduction) and improves its bit-error rate. We also demonstrate the general behavior of the TASR with a numerical simulation.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Citation
Er'el Granot, Reuven Zaibel, Niv Narkiss, Shalva Ben-Ezra, Haim Chayet, Nir Shahar, Shmuel Sternklar, Sagie Tsadka, and Paul R. Prucnal, "Tunable all-optical signal regenerator with a semiconductor optical amplifier and a Sagnac loop: principles of operation," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 2534-2541 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-22-12-2534
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