Investigation of four-wavelength regenerator using polarization- and direction-multiplexing

We demonstrate a four-channel extension to the Mamyshev regenerator and investigate its potential for the simultaneous processing of 4 times 10 Gb/s return-to-zero wavelength division-multiplexed channels. Mitigation of the interchannel nonlinearities is achieved through the rapid walkoff induced by...

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Main Authors: Provost, L. (Author), Parmigiani, F. (Author), Petropoulos, P. (Author), Richardson, D.J (Author), Mukasa, K. (Author), Takahashi, J. (Author), Hiroishi, J. (Author), Tadakuma, M. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2008-10.
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520 |a We demonstrate a four-channel extension to the Mamyshev regenerator and investigate its potential for the simultaneous processing of 4 times 10 Gb/s return-to-zero wavelength division-multiplexed channels. Mitigation of the interchannel nonlinearities is achieved through the rapid walkoff induced by both the large differential group delay of a specially developed polarization maintaining highly nonlinear fiber and a bidirectional architecture. Numerical and experimental results demonstrate the reduction of interchannel crosstalk as well as the potential of the scheme for 2R regeneration. 
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