Title :
All-optical data format conversion between RZ and NRZ based on wavelength converter
Author :
Xu, Lei ; Wang, Bing C. ; Baby, Varghese ; Rand, Darren ; Glesk, Ivan ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate high performance all-optical format conversion between RZ and NRZ using a wavelength converter. For the conversion from RZ to NRZ, we use a duplicator to make multiple copies of the input RZ pulses before the injection into the Mach-Zehnder type wavelength converter.
Keywords :
data communication; optical fibre communication; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; Mach-Zehnder type wavelength converter; NRZ; RZ; all-optical data format conversion; all-optical format conversion; input RZ pulses; multiple copies; optical wavelength converter; Lighting control; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133912
