2002 · 461 citations · 0 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsNonlinear OpticsOptical Communication SystemsOptical ModulationOptical ModulatorsOptical Signal ProcessingOptical SourcesAll-optical ModulationAmplitude FluctuationsExperimental Results InterpretationOptical NoiseOptical RegenerationOptical Transmission SystemsReturn-to-zero SignalingSelf-phase Modulation
A simple all-optical regeneration technique is described. The regenerator suppresses the noise in "zeros" and the amplitude fluctuations in "ones" of return-to-zero optical data streams. Numerical simulations and experimental results are presented.