Optical 3R regenerator for 40 Gbit/s networks

被引:32
作者
Fischer, S [1 ]
Dülk, M
Gamper, E
Vogt, W
Gini, E
Melchior, H
Hunziker, W
Nesset, D
Ellis, AD
机构
[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Inst Quantum Elect, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Opto Speedy SA, CH-6085 Mezzovico, Switzerland
[3] BT Labs, Adv Commun Technol Ctr, Ipswich IP5 3RE, Suffolk, England
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10.1049/el:19991367
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A technological approach is presented for a compact optical 3R regenerator consisting of a monolithic InP Mach-Zehnder interferometer decision gate, incorporating semiconductor optical amplifiers, and an electronic clock recovery unit driving a simplistic 40GHz optical clock source. Bit error rate measurements for 40Gbit/s regeneration demonstrate a penalty < 2dB over a wide wavelength range.
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页码:2047 / 2049
页数:3
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