DocumentCode
2654837
Title
All optical RZ to NRZ format conversion using phase modulation in a dispersion-shifted fiber
Author
Lee, S.H. ; Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1783
Abstract
We demonstrate two schemes for return-to-zero to non-return-to-zero format conversion using spectral broadening caused by nonlinear phase modulation in a dispersion-shifted fiber. Less then 2 dB power penalty has been observed in both conversion schemes.
Keywords
error statistics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; phase modulation; spectral line broadening; all optical RZ format conversion; dispersion-shifted fiber; nonlinear phase modulation; nonreturn-to-zero format conversion; phase modulation; spectral broadening; Band pass filters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549281
Filename
1549281
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