Chinese Science Bulletin

, 54:3704 | Cite as

All-optical 2R regeneration based on self-induced polarization rotation in a single semiconductor optical amplifier

  • PinXiang Duan
  • LiGong Chen
  • ShangJian Zhang
  • XiaoLi Zhou
  • YongZhi Liu
  • Yong Liu
Articles / High-Speed Optoelectronics
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Abstract

An all-optical 2R regeneration based on self-induced polarization rotation in a single semiconductor optical amplifier is presented. A theoretical model is built up to simulate the system performance. Experiment evidence is also provided. An extinction ratio improvement of 8.3 dB is obtained at a bit-rate of 10 Gbit/s. In the BER measurements, 6 dB improvement of the power penalty is achieved, clearly demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed scheme. Our approach has a simple structure, and allows photonic integration.

Keywords

optical fiber communication optical signal processing optical regeneration nonlinear polarization rotation semiconductor optical amplifier 
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© Science in China Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH 2009

Authors and Affiliations

  • PinXiang Duan
    • 1
  • LiGong Chen
    • 1
  • ShangJian Zhang
    • 1
  • XiaoLi Zhou
    • 1
  • YongZhi Liu
    • 1
  • Yong Liu
    • 1
  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Broadband Optical Fiber Transmission & Communication Networks, Ministry of Education, School of Optoelectronic InformationUniversity of Electronic Science & Technology of ChinaChengduChina

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