All-optical RZ to NRZ Format Conversion with Tunable Fiber Based Delay Interferometer

Author

Yu, Yu ; Zhang, Xinliang ; Huang, Dexiu

Author_Institution

Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan

fYear

2006

fDate

Nov. 2006

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

50

Abstract

20 Gb/s all-optical format conversion from return-to-zero (RZ) to non-return-to-zero (NRZ) is demonstrated with temperature-controlled all-fiber delay interferometer (DI). The operation principle is theoretical analyzed with the help of numerical simulation and spectra analysis. Theoretical analysis results are well coincidence with experimental results. The format conversion can be achieved with low power penalty and 20 dB output extinction ratio

Keywords

light interferometers; numerical analysis; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical tuning; spectral analysis; 20 Gbit/s; all-optical RZ-to-NRZ format conversion; numerical simulation; spectral analysis; temperature-controlled all-fiber delay interferometer; tunable fiber based delay interferometer; Arm; Delay; Optical coupling; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optoelectronics, 2006 Optics Valley of China International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0816-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OVCISO.2006.302708

Filename

4085570