Title :
All optical NRZ-to-RZ conversion for 43-Gbps signals for generation of 172-Gbps OTDM signals using intersubband transition MQW optical gate
Author :
Kurosu, T. ; Namiki, S. ; Akimoto, R. ; Kuwatsuka, H. ; Hasama, T. ; Ishikawa, H.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol. (AIST), Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate all optical NRZ-to-RZ conversion at a bit rate of 43 Gbps using an intersubband transition optical gate. The converted 2-ps RZ pulses were successfully applied to generate 172-Gbps OTDM signals.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical logic; optical switches; quantum well devices; time division multiplexing; MQW optical gate; OTDM signal generation; all optical NRZ-to-RZ conversion; all-optical gate switching operation; bit rate 172 Gbit/s; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; intersubband transition; nonreturn-to-zero-return-to-zero conversion; optical time division multiplexed signals; time 2 ps; Erbium; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Quantum well devices; Signal generators; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
