2R Optical Regeneration Combining XGC in a SOA and a Saturable Absorber
Résumé
Wavelength-preserving 2R-Regeneration based on Saturable-Absorber and Cross-Gain-Compression in gain-saturated SOA is experimentally demonstrated for NRZ-10-Gbit/s signals. The regenerator noise resistance is proven in a recirculating loop with noise loading.