Title :
Bit-error-rate and chirp analyses of a gain-switching VCSEL based all-optical NRZ-to-RZ converter
Author :
Chi, Yu-Chieh ; Lin, Chia-Chi ; Kuo, Hao-Chung ; Peng, Peng-Chun ; Lin, Gong-Ru
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
Abstract :
Single-wavelength gain-switching VCSEL based all-optical converter is demonstrated to generate RZ data with 2.5 Gbit/s bit-error-rate of 10-9 at receiving power of -29 dBm and reduced frequency chirp of 178 MHz/ps at input optical NRZ power of -21 dBm.
Keywords :
error statistics; integrated optoelectronics; surface emitting lasers; all-optical NRZ-to-RZ converter; bit-error-rate; chirp analyses; frequency chirp reduction; single-wavelength gain-switching VCSEL; Chirp; Extinction ratio; High speed optical techniques; Laser tuning; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical surface waves; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (200.4560) Optical data processing; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (320.5540) Pulse shaping;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4326-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-8855-2228-4
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804212
