Experimental study of reshaping retiming gates for 3R regeneration

Mathilde Gay (1) , Laurent Bramerie (1) , Gwenaëlle Girault (1) , Vincent Roncin (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

The linear degradation of the bit error rate as a function of the number of regenerators is experimentally observed, with an optoelectronic or with an original all-optical 3R repeater. We demonstrate that Q factor measurements are not suitable for a correct assessment of optical links incorporating 2R or 3R regenerators.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Mathilde Gay, Laurent Bramerie, Gwenaëlle Girault, Vincent Roncin, Jean-Claude Simon. Experimental study of reshaping retiming gates for 3R regeneration. 1st Optical Networks & Technologies Conference (OpNeTec 2004), Oct 2004, Pisa, Italy. pp.545-551, ⟨10.1007/0-387-23178-1_70⟩. ⟨hal-00149451⟩