Title :
All-optical RZ to NRZ format conversion using an ultrafast polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
Author :
Kawaguchi, Hitoshi ; Yamayoshi, Yasukiro ; Tamura, Kazuhiro
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Yamagata Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical RZ to NRZ format conversion at 1 Gbit/s using an ultrafast polarization bistable VCSEL. Our numerical simulation predicts that 40 Gbit/s signals can be converted. We also experimentally demonstrate an all-optical NRZ to RZ format conversion
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; optical bistability; optical transmitters; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1 Gbit/s; all-optical NRZ to RZ format conversion; all-optical RZ to NRZ format conversion; numerical simulation; optical transmitters; ultrafast polarization bistable VCSEL; ultrafast polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Clocks; Delay effects; Large Hadron Collider; Laser theory; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Pulse modulation; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.893972
