Title :
Effective all-optical RZ-to-NRZ conversion for transparent network gateways
Author :
Banchi, L. ; Presi, M. ; Errico, A.D. ; Contestabile, G. ; Ciaramella, E.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
Abstract :
Cross gain compression in semiconductor optical amplifier provides effective RZ-to-NRZ conversion, with the highest obtained pulsewidth increase, from 10 to 100 ps. It allows transmission of the output 10 Gb/s NRZ signal on metro-like links with limited power penalty.
Keywords :
optical links; optical wavelength conversion; pulse width modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical RZ-to-NRZ conversion; cross gain compression; limited power penalty; metro-like links; pulsewidth; semiconductor optical amplifier; transparent network gateways; Chirp; High speed optical techniques; Intensity modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; (200.4740) Optical processing; (60.4510) Optical communications;
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
