Title :
A novel optical NRZ-to-RZ format converter based on a polarization modulator and an intensity modulator
Author :
Yu, Wenke ; Lou, Caiyun ; Pan, Shilong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A NRZ-to-RZ format converter is proposed and demonstrated by numerical simulation. NRZ signal is successfully converted to RZ signal with tunable duty cycle and significant timing-jitter suppression.
Keywords :
intensity modulation; optical communication; optical modulation; optical tuning; time division multiplexing; timing jitter; intensity modulator; non-return-to-zero; optical NRZ-to-RZ format converter; polarization modulator; return-to-zero; timing jitter suppression; tunable duty cycle;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698772