Title :
Pulsewidth-tunable all-optical signal conversion by pulse compression in distributed Raman amplifier
Author :
Matsuura, Motoharu ; Samarakoon, Buddhika Praneeth ; Kishi, Naoto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu
Abstract :
We have successfully demonstrated wavelength-shift-free, widely pulsewidth-tunable, all-optical signal conversion with low power penalties of less than 1.0 dB in a wide pulsewidth tuning range between 13.0 ps and 3.06 ps at 10 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pulse compression; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distributed Raman amplifier; power penalties; pulse compression; pulsewidth-tunable all-optical signal conversion; time 3.06 ps to 13.0 ps; Distributed amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse width modulation converters; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688523
