Chow, CW, Ellis, AD, Cotter, D;

2007

July

Optics Express

Asynchronous Digital Optical Regenerator For 4 X 40 Gbit/S Wdm to 160 Gbit/S Otdm Conversion

Validated

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8507

8512

We propose and numerically analyse an asynchronous digital optical regenerator using a single-EAM loop and a novel neighbor-combine approach. It effectively re-synchronizes input signals with arbitrary phases to the local clock, and regenerates signals with high amplitude fluctuation and polarization mode dispersion. We demonstrate the application of this regenerator for 4 x 40 Gbit/s WDM to 160 Gbit/s OTDM conversion. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.