Low input power all-optical 3R regenerator based on SOA devices for 42.66 Gbit/s ULH WDM RZ transmissions with 23 dB span loss and all-EDFA amplification

An all-optical 3R regenerator based on cascaded XGM-SOA and SOA-MZI is implemented in an all-EDFA 42.66 Gbit/s SMF/DCF dispersion-managed RZ loop with -11 dBm input power, yielding a BER of 1.6.10/sup -4/ after 30,000 km in WDM environment with four 200 GHz-spaced adjacent channels.