Bit-Error-Rate Assessment of 170-Gb/s Regeneration Using a Saturable Absorber and a Nonlinear-Fiber-Based Power Limiter

Mathilde Gay, Marcia Costa e Silva, Thành Tâm Nguyên, Laurent Bramerie, Thierry Chartier, Michel Joindot, Jean–Claude Simon, Julien Fatome, Christophe Finot, Jean-Louis Oudar

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2009 · 21 citations · 10 references

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A 170-Gb/s all-optical 2R regenerator made up of a fast saturable absorber and a highly nonlinear-fiber-based power limiter is reported for the first time. Bit-error-rate assessment of one of the four 42.5-Gb/s optical time-division-multiplexed tributaries shows a receiver sensitivity improvement.

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