Title :
Simultaneous WDM-channel NRZ to RZ format conversion with wide pulsewidth tunability using nonlinearities in SOA and fiber
Author :
Tan, Hung Nguyen ; Matsuura, Motoharu ; Katafuchi, Tomoya ; Kishi, Naoto
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous 4times10 Gb/s all-optical pulsewidth tunable NRZ-to-RZ format conversion using nonlinearities in SOA and fiber. Pulsewidth tuning range from 20 ps to 80 ps is obtained for RZ outputs with negative power penalties compared to NRZ.
Keywords :
laser tuning; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; HNLF; NRZ to RZ format conversion; SOA; WDM-channel data; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; highly nonlinear fiber; negative power penalties; nonreturn-to-zero return-to-zero; semiconductor optical amplifier; time 20 ps to 80 ps; wavelength-division multiplexing; wide pulsewidth tuning; Clocks; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5218124
