Experimental Investigation of a Cascaded Optical 2R Regenerator in an Optical Fibre Link

Mathilde Gay (1) , Laurent Bramerie (1) , David Massoubre (2) , Arthur O'Hare (3) , Alexandre Shen (4) , Jean-Louis Oudar (2) , Jean-Claude Simon (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures
3 DIT School of Physics
4 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab

BER evolution of a transmission including a cascade of 2R regenerator based on a Saturable absorber and a SOA is studied. In addition the influenceof the transmission function of the regenerator is investigated.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Mathilde Gay, Laurent Bramerie, David Massoubre, Arthur O'Hare, Alexandre Shen, et al.. Experimental Investigation of a Cascaded Optical 2R Regenerator in an Optical Fibre Link. 32nd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2006) [ http://www.ecoc2006.org/welcome/index.php ], Sep 2006, Cannes, France. Vol.2, pp.7-8. ⟨hal-00148913⟩