Title :
All-Optical Format Conversion From NRZ to BPSK Using a Single Saturated SOA
Author :
Yan, Cishuo ; Su, Yikai ; Yi, Lilin ; Leng, Lufeng ; Tian, Xiangqing ; Xu, Xinyu ; Tian, Yue
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.
Abstract :
All-optical format conversion from nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) to binary phase-shift keying format is experimentally demonstrated at 8 Gb/s using a single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The conversion is based on the gain and phase modulations of the SOA on an input NRZ signal of finite extinction ratio
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 8 Gbit/s; all-optical format conversion; amplitude-shift keying; binary phase-shift keying format; finite extinction ratio; gain modulation; nonreturn-to-zero format; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; single saturated optical amplifier; Amplitude shift keying; Binary phase shift keying; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Optical fiber networks; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal analysis; Amplitude-shift keying (ASK); format conversion; phase-shift keying (PSK); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.885633
