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All-optical 2R-regeneration and continuous wave to pulsed signal wavelength conversion based on fiber nonlinearity

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In this paper, we propose a novel all-optical 2R (re-amplification and re-shaping) regenerator based on inducing nonlinear chirp over a continuous wave probe. The regenerator also performs continuous wave to pulsed wavelength conversion. The chirp is induced in a highly nonlinear fiber by the data modulated pulsed signal that is to be regenerated. Offset filtering is employed at the output of the highly nonlinear fiber to extract the frequencies generated as a result of chirping. The regenerator performance has been evaluated with the help of bit-error-rate plots and eye diagrams at different values of optical signal to noise ratios. Apart from re-shaping and re-amplification, inclusion of the regenerator results in better resilience to amplified spontaneous emission noise.

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  1. Electrical Engineering Department, HITEC University, Taxila, Pakistan

    Jawad Mirza & Ashiq Hussain

  2. SEECS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

    Salman Ghafoor

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Mirza, J., Ghafoor, S. & Hussain, A. All-optical 2R-regeneration and continuous wave to pulsed signal wavelength conversion based on fiber nonlinearity. Opt Quant Electron 50, 366 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-018-1633-7

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