2R optical regeneration combining XGC in a SOA and a saturable absorber

OFC/NFOEC 2008 - 2008 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  D'Errico, A ^a   Contestabile, G ^a   Proietti, R ^a   Presi, M ^a   Ciaramella, E ^a   Bramerie, L ^b   Gay, M ^b   Lobo, S ^b   Joindot, M ^b   Simon, J C ^b   Massoubre, D ^c   Nguyen, H Trung ^c   Oudar, J L ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNING; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

10-GBIT/S; FIBER OPTIC; NOISE RESISTANCE; OPTICAL REGENERATION; OPTICAL-; RE-CIRCULATING LOOPS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 49349087704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.2008.4528724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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