Title :
Optical phase add/drop for format conversion between DQPSK and DPSK
Author :
Lu, Guo-Wei ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate an optical phase ldquoadd/droprdquo scheme to enable the format conversion between a 20-Gb/s DQPSK and a 10-Gb/s DPSK. Meanwhile, the incoming DQPSK could be directly forwarded to another wavelength.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; quadrature phase shift keying; DPSK; DQPSK; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; format conversion; optical phase add/drop; wavelength conversion; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; (060.4259) Networks, packet-switched; (060.5060) Phase modulation; (060.7140) Ultrafast processes in fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
