Performance comparison of 2R and 3R optical regeneration schemes at 40 Gb/s for application to all-optical networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 304-309

  Boscolo, Sonia ^a   Turitsyn, Sergei K ^a   Mezentsev, Vladimir K ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

All optical regeneration; Amplitude modulation; Nonlinear optical loop mirror

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL-OPTICAL NETWORKS; AMPLIFIER SPACING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; OPTICAL REGENERATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 13244269949     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.834986     Document Type: Article

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