Title :
All Optical ASK to DPSK Format Conversion Using Cross-Phase Modulation in a Nonlinear Photonic Crystal Fiber
Author :
Lee, S.H. ; Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Lin, Chinlon
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronic Engineering and Center for Advanced Research in Photonics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. shlee@ee.cuhk.edu.hk
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical amplitude-shift keying to differential phase-shift keying format conversion using cross-phase modulation in a photonic crystal fiber. A 10 Gb/s RZ-ASK signal is converted to RZ-DPSK format without pattern effect or amplitude distortion.
Keywords :
Amplitude modulation; Amplitude shift keying; Differential phase shift keying; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Photonic crystal fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569821
