• DocumentCode
    2161786
  • Title

    All-optical 42.6Gbit/s NRZ to RZ Format Conversion

  • Author

    Yang, X. ; Mishra, A.K. ; Manning, R.J. ; Webb, R.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Coll. Cork, Cork
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    We present for the first time error-free 42.6 Gbit/s all-optical NRZ to RZ format conversion using a single SOA. The RZ output is correctly coded, wavelength and polarity preserved, and has the flexibility of variable duty-cycle.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical NRZ to RZ format conversion; bit rate 42.6 Gbit/s; delay-interferometer-signal wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifier; single SOA; transparent networks; variable duty-cycle; Clocks; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0931-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386425
  • Filename
    4386425