DocumentCode
2012502
Title
All-optical format conversion from NRZ-OOK to RZ-BPSK using SOA-MZI wavelength converter
Author
Mishina, Ken ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Mitani, Shunsuke ; Miyahara, Toshiharu ; Ishida, Kazuyuki ; Shimizu, Katsuhiro ; Hatta, Tatsuo ; Motoshima, Kuniaki ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution
Graduate Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ.
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Abstract
We propose a novel all-optical NRZ-OOK/RZ-BPSK format conversion scheme, using cross-phase modulation effects in a MZI-SOA. We experimentally demonstrate error free conversion at 10.7 Gb/s with a negative power penalty of 2.9 dB
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; amplitude shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10.7 Gbit/s; NRZ-OOK format; RZ-BPSK format; SOA-MZI; all-optical format conversion; cross-phase modulation; error free conversion; wavelength converter; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shift keying; Probes; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.215685
Filename
1636716
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