All-Optical 10 and 40 Gbit/s RZ-to-NRZ Format and Wavelength Conversion Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Author

Banchi, Luca ; Presi, Marco ; Errico, Antonio D. ; Contestabile, Giampiero ; Ciaramella, Ernesto

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

2010

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

38

Abstract

We demonstrate that the cross-gain compression (XGC) in a semiconductor optical amplifier can produce effective return to zero (RZ)-to-nonreturn to zero (NRZ) format conversion. This technique is experimentally investigated at 10 and 40 Gbit/s. At 10 Gbit/s, the format adaptation allows for a very high pulsewidth increase, i.e., from 10 to 100 ps. The output 10 Gbit/s NRZ signal is transmitted on metro-like links with no chromatic dispersion compensation.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical RZ-to-NRZ format conversion; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; cross-gain compression; metro-like links; nonreturn-to-zero format; return-to-zero format; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal transmission; time 10 ps to 100 ps; wavelength conversion; Cross-gain compression (XGC); cross-gain modulation (XGM); format conversion; nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ); return-to-zero (RZ); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2009.2035365

Filename

5308241