DocumentCode
860817
Title
10 Gbit=s RZ-OOK to BPSK format conversion by cross-phase modulation in single semiconductor optical amplifier
Author
Astar, W. ; Carter, G.M.
Author_Institution
Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park MD
Volume
42
Issue
25
fYear
2006
Firstpage
1472
Lastpage
1474
Abstract
A simple and power-efficient, all-optical format conversion from 10 Gbit/s RZ-OOK to BPSK is demonstrated using a single semiconductor optical amplifier and optical bandpass filtering. A receiver sensitivity penalty of ~1 dB relative to baseline RZ-OOK was obtained for ~-0.17 nm filter detuning relative to the probe carrier wavelength
Keywords
amplitude shift keying; band-pass filters; optical filters; optical modulation; phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; BPSK; RZ-OOK; cross-phase modulation; format conversion; optical bandpass filtering; receiver sensitivity; semiconductor optical amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20062615
Filename
4030686
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