title: All-optical pulse regeneration in an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer with Faraday mirror polarization stabilization.
abstract: We demonstrate the folded ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (FUNI) as a 3R all-optical regenerator. Faraday rotation provides inherent polarization stabilization, and the optical fiber nonlinear medium provides ultrafast operation and switching window tunability. We demonstrate 3R regeneration of 10-Gbit/s data with 5-pJ pulse switching energy and 4-ps timing-jitter tolerance.
authors.affiliation: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA. ssavage@ll.mit.edu
authors.forename: Shelby J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Bryan S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Erich P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ippen