Experimental demonstration of 42.6 Gbit/s asynchronous digital optical regenerators

Selwan K. Ibrahim, Ruwan Weerasuriya, David Hillerkuss, George Zarris, Dimitra Simeonidou, Juerg Leuthold, David Cotter, Andrew Ellis

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    Abstract

    We experimentally demonstrate a 42.6 Gbit/s asynchronous digital optical regenerator (ADORE) in a dualwindow quad-gate configuration using an EAM loop and a dual-gate configuration using a single MZM. These ADORE configurations regenerate, re-shape, and re-time incoming asynchronous bursts of data to a local clock with a desired wavelength without the need for any clock recovery. The dual-window quad-gate and dual-gate ADOREs were used to regenerate and retime a 42.6 Gbit/s RZ-ASK data signal to a local generated clock with a maximum receiver penalty of only ̃4.5 dB and ̃2 dB, respectively, for any arbitrary data input phase delay.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON
    PublisherIEEE
    Pages203-206
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)9781424426256
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 25 Sept 2008
    Event2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON - Athens, Greece
    Duration: 22 Jun 200826 Jun 2008

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of 2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON
    Volume3

    Conference

    Conference2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON
    Country/TerritoryGreece
    CityAthens
    Period22/06/0826/06/08

    Keywords

    • Optical communications
    • Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM)
    • Synchronization

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