Title :
RZ to CSRZ format and wavelength conversion with regenerative properties
Author :
Marculescu, Andrej ; Sygletos, Stylianos ; Li, Jingshi ; Karki, Dhanamaya ; Hillerku, David ; Ben-Ezra, Shalva ; Tsadka, Sagie ; Freude, Wolfgang ; Leuthold, Juerg
Author_Institution :
Inst. for High-Freq. & Quantum Electron., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Abstract :
A 40 Gb/s all-optical modulation format conversion from return-to-zero (RZ) to carrier suppressed return-to-zero (CSRZ) with simultaneous regenerative wavelength conversion is introduced relaying on a versatile scheme of a single SOA followed by a filter.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; optical fibre networks; optical filters; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical modulation format conversion; band-pass filter; carrier suppressed return-to-zero format; optical filter; regenerative wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength conversion; Band pass filters; Bit rate; Filtering; Modulation; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transfer functions; (060.1155) All-optical network; (230.7405) Wavelength conversion devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
