Tunable all-optical signal regenerator with a semiconductor optical amplifier and a Sagnac loop: Principles of operation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2534-2541

  Granot, Er'el ^a   Zaibel, Reuven ^a   Narkiss, Niv ^a   Ben Ezra, Shalva ^a   Chayet, Haim ^a   Shahar, Nir ^a   Sternklar, Shmuel ^a   Tsadka, Sagie ^a   Prucnal, Paul R ^b  

^a Kailight Photonics   (Israel)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ASYMMETRIC SAGNAC LOOP; BIT PATTERN; EXTINCTION RATIO; REGENERATION PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; TUNABLE ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL REGENERATOR (TASR); WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 30844458555     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002534     Document Type: Article

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