학술논문

2R and 3R optical regeneration: from device to system characterization
Document Type
Conference
Source
2006 European Conference on Optical Communications Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on. :1-4 Sep, 2006
Subject
Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Optical devices
Repeaters
Optical receivers
Optical transmitters
Optical noise
Bit error rate
Optical sensors
Stimulated emission
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Nonlinear optics
Language
ISSN
1550-381X
Abstract
We review a number of methods to assess the efficiency of a regenerator. Back-to-back characterization gives some information of the possible regenerative properties of the device but do not constitute the proof the device will be efficient when cascaded in a transmission network.