Chirp consequences of all-optical RZ to NRZ conversion using cross-phase modulation in an active semiconductor photonic integrated circuit

Author

Park, Sang-Gyu ; Spiekman, L.H. ; Eiselt, M. ; Weisenfeld, J.M.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

12

Issue

3

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

235

Abstract

Data is converted from return-to-zero (RZ) to nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) format, at 5 Gb/s using a Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometric wavelength conversion photonic integrated circuit. The resulting NRZ data has chirp on both its leading and trailing edges. Nevertheless, propagation up to 240 km is reported.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; error statistics; integrated optics; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 240 km; 5 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Mach-Zehnder interferometric wavelength conversion photonic integrated circuit; active semiconductor photonic integrated circuit; chirp; chirp consequences; cross-phase modulation; leading edges; nonreturn-to-zero data; propagation; return-to-zero data; return-to-zero to nonreturn-to-zero conversion; trailing edges; Chirp modulation; Delay; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical signal processing; Photonic integrated circuits; Preamplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.826898

Filename

826898