Novel all-optical 10 Gbp/s RZ-to-NRZ conversion using SOA-loop-mirror

Author

Hyuek Jae Lee ; Yoo, S.J.B. ; Chang Soo Park

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

17-22 March 2001

Abstract

The authors propose and demonstrate a novel all-optical return-to-zero (RZ) to non-return-to-zero (NRZ) data format conversion using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) loop mirror. Error free transmission up to 78 km for the NRZ format converted data at 10 Gb/s is achieved. Also, the proposed method shows better transmission performance than the conventional Mach-Zehnder modulation method.

Keywords

mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 78 km; Mach-Zehnder modulation method; SOA-loop-mirror; all-optical RZ-to-NRZ conversion; all-optical non-return-to-zero data format conversion; all-optical return-to-zero data format conversion; error free transmission; semiconductor optical amplifier loop mirror; transmission performance; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-655-9

Type

conf

Filename

927829