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Very low coupling loss, hybrid-integrated all-optical regenerator with passive assembly
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2002
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Optical MaterialsEngineeringPassive AlignmentOptical Transmission SystemHybrid-integrated Optical RegeneratorOptical AmplifierOptical ComputingOptical AmplificationOptical PropertiesOptical SwitchingPhotonic Integrated CircuitOptical SystemsOptical CommunicationOptical NetworkingPhotonicsLow Coupling LossTotal Coupling LossesOptoelectronicsOptical Logic Gate
Total coupling losses as low as 4.37 dB (fibre to waveguide to semiconductor amplifier and back, excluding amplifier gain) were achieved using entirely passive alignment in a hybrid-integrated optical regenerator. Penalty-free 2R regeneration at 40 Gbit/s was demonstrated