Title :
Novel NRZ-to-RZ format conversion with tunable pulsewidth using phase modulator and interleaver
Author :
Lu, Guo-Wei ; Chen, Lian-Kuan ; Chan, Chun-Kit
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a 10-Gb/s NRZ-to-RZ format conversion with tunable pulsewidth using phase modulation followed by interleaver. RZ signals with pulsewidth of 34-84 ps are obtained with extinction ratio over 15 dB and negative power penalty.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical modulation; phase modulation; NRZ-to-RZ format conversion; interleaver; phase modulator; tunable pulsewidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Phase modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215813
