40 Gbit/s transmission with all-optical 3R regeneration using two-stage SOA-based polarization discriminated switch with assist light injection

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E87-C, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1106-1113

  Inohara, Ryo ^a   Nishimura, Kohsuke ^a   Tsurusawa, Munefumi ^a   Usami, Masashi ^a   Akiba, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^b KDDI CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical regeneration; All optical signal processing; Optical 3R; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALL-OPTICAL REGENERATION; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL 3R; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); WAVELENGTH CONVERSIONS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 3142743075     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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