title: Regenerative 40 Gbit/s wavelength converter based on similariton generation.
abstract: We present an all-optical regeneration technique based on spectral filtering of self-similar parabolic pulses (similaritons). In particular, we demonstrate numerically and experimentally that ghost pulses, which occur in the zero bit slots of telecommunication pulse trains, can be effectively suppressed. These results are obtained with a 40 Gbit/s pulse train.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique de l'Université de Bourgogne, Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS 5027, 9 Avenue A. Savary, B.P. 47 870, 21078 Dijon, France. Christophe.Finot@u-bourgogne.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Finot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitois
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Millot