EDFA-free all-optical 2R regeneration using a compact self-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode

Abstract

This study presents an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA)-free all-optical 2R (reamplification and reshaping) regeneration scheme based on a compact self-seeded Fabry-Perot laser diode. The proposed 2R regenerator achieves a straight line transmission at 10 Gb/s over 76 Ion without either the EDFA or the external probe laser, both of which are traditionally required. Additionally, device characteristics such as data-rate transparency, input dynamic range, amplified gain, and 2R regeneration performance are investigated experimentally.