Cascadability and wavelength tunability assessment of a 2R regeneration device based on a 8 channel saturable absorber module

Laurent Bramerie (1) , Quang Trung Le (1) , Sebastien Lobo (1) , Mathilde Gay (1) , Michel Joindot (2) , Jean-Claude Simon (1) , Alain Poudoulec (3) , Michiel van Der Keur (3) , Christophe Devemy (3) , David Massoubre (4) , Jean-Louis Oudar (4) , Guy Aubin (4) , Jean Dion (5) , Alexandre Shen (5) , Jean Decobert (5)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 Orange Labs [Lannion]
3 YENISTA Optics
4 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures
5 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab

We report the first pigtailed chip saturable absorber which has been implemented with 8 independent fibers using a cost effective coupling technique. The cascadability and wavelength tunability assessment have been experimentally demonstrated at 42.6 Gbit/s.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Laurent Bramerie, Quang Trung Le, Sebastien Lobo, Mathilde Gay, Michel Joindot, et al.. Cascadability and wavelength tunability assessment of a 2R regeneration device based on a 8 channel saturable absorber module. Optical Fiber Communication conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007 (OFC/NFOEC 2007), Mar 2007, Anaheim (CA), United States. pp.PDP1, ⟨10.1109/OFC.2006.215684⟩. ⟨hal-00282989⟩