Title :
Experimental demonstrations of all-optical conversions between the RZ and NRZ data formats incorporating noninverting wavelength shifting leading to format transparency
Author :
Norte, David ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Denver, CO, USA
fDate :
5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We demonstrate a unique semiconductor optical amplifier based system that performs the converting functions of: 1) RZ-to-NRZ; and 2) NRZ-to-RZ-to-NRZ by using noninverting cross-gain compression wavelength shifting. Our robust NRZ-to-RZ-to-NRZ reconverter was tested using 80 km of fiber and 4 EDFA´s. We show that at 1-Gb/s, both functions can be realized with low power penalties (<2.0 dB).
Keywords :
data communication; data conversion; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; 1 Gbit/s; 80 km; EDFAs; NRZ-to-RZ-to-NRZ reconverter; RZ-to-NRZ converter; all-optical conversion; cross-gain compression; data format transparency; noninverting wavelength shifting; optical fiber; power penalty; semiconductor optical amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; WDM networks; Wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
