Optical reshaping of 40-Gb/s NRZ and RZ signals without wavelength conversion

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1133-1135

  Contestabile, Giampiero ^a   Presi, Marco ^a   Proietti, Roberto ^a   Ciaramella, Ernesto ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

All optical regeneration; Cross gain compression (XGC); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

40 GB/S; ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL REGENERATION; BIT RATES; BIT-ERROR RATES; CROSS-GAIN COMPRESSION (XGC); EYE DIAGRAMS; INTERFEROMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; MODULATION FORMATS; NON RETURN TO ZEROS; ON-OFF KEYING; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENTS; RETURN TO ZEROS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); THRESHOLD MEASUREMENTS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSIONS; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA);

BIT ERROR RATE;

EID: 65449185822     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.924646     Document Type: Article

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