• DocumentCode
    2749908
  • Title

    All-optical modulation format conversion from binary to quadrature phase-shift keying using delay line interferometer

  • Author

    Kishikawa, Hiroki ; Seddighian, Pegah ; Goto, Nobuo ; Yanagiya, Shin-ichiro ; Chen, Lawrence R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Opt. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    513
  • Lastpage
    514
  • Abstract
    We propose an all-optical modulation format conversion method from binary phase-shift keying to quadrature phase-shift keying using a conventional delay line interferometer. We experimentally demonstrate error-free operation of the proposed conversion method at 12 Gb/s.
  • Keywords
    light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical modulation; phase shift keying; all optical modulation format conversion; binary-quadrature phase shift keying; bit rate 12 Gbit/s; delay line interferometer; error free operation; Adaptive optics; Binary phase shift keying; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110647
  • Filename
    6110647