Phase-Preserving Amplitude Regeneration for RZ-DPSK Signals at 42.7 Gbit/s using Saturable Absorber

Quang Trung Le (1) , Laurent Bramerie (1) , Mathilde Gay (1) , Sébastien Lobo (1) , Michel Joindot (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1) , Hoang Trung Nguyen , Jean-Louis Oudar (2)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures

We experimentally evaluate a novel all-optical phase-preserving amplitude regeneration technique for RZ-DPSK signals using saturable absorber. The device's capacity for amplitude noise reduction, hence preventing from nonlinear phase noise accumulation is demonstrated at 42.7 Gbit/s.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Quang Trung Le, Laurent Bramerie, Mathilde Gay, Sébastien Lobo, Michel Joindot, et al.. Phase-Preserving Amplitude Regeneration for RZ-DPSK Signals at 42.7 Gbit/s using Saturable Absorber. Optical Fiber Communication conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2010 (OFC/NFOEC 2010), Mar 2010, San Diego (CA), United States. pp.OMT4, ⟨10.1364/OFC.2010.OMT4⟩. ⟨hal-00476880⟩