Experimental demonstration of 15 dB extinction ratio improvement in a new 2R optical regenerator based on an MMI-SOA
- 14 November 2002
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Vol. 4, 574-575 vol.4
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ecoc.2001.989115
Abstract
All-optical regeneration has been demonstrated for the first time using a 2/spl times/2 MMI-SOA, showing a digital-like transfer characteristic and an output extinction ratio of 22 dB for an input extinction ratio of 7 dB.Keywords
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