Bit rate flexible, all-optical RZ/NRZ transformation with saturable absorption laser diode

Author

Nonaka, Koji ; Takara, Hidehiko ; Uchiyama, Kenji ; Takada, Akifumi

Author_Institution

NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Yokosuka, Japan

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Summary form only given. Ultrahigh-speed optical time-division multiplexed (OTDM) systems usually output very short pulses even when the bit rate has been downconverted. This paper reports all-optical bit-width conversion of ultrashort return-to-zero (RZ) data pulses using a multiple-electrode laser diode (LD) with only DC-bias electric power and optical triggering.

Keywords

demultiplexing; distributed feedback lasers; optical fibre networks; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; DC-bias electric power; DFB LD; all-optical RZ/NRZ transformation; all-optical bit-width conversion; bit rate flexible; multiple-electrode laser diode; optical triggering; saturable absorption laser diode; ultrahigh-speed optical TDM systems; ultrashort return-to-zero data pulses; very short pulses; Absorption; Diode lasers; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675785

Filename

675785