Title :
All-optical NRZ-OOK to RZ-QPSK conversion using parallel SOA-MZI OOK/BPSK converters
Author :
Mishina, Ken ; Nissanka, Suresh M. ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Mitani, Shunsuke ; Ishida, Kazuyuki ; Shimizu, Katsuhiro ; Hatta, Tatsuo ; Kitayama, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Osaka Univ., Osaka
Abstract :
We propose a novel all-optical NRZ-OOK/RZ-QPSK modulation format converter using parallelized SOA-MZIs and demonstrate the proof-of-the-principle experiment at 10.7 GSymbol/s by using the test parallel SOA-MZI OOK/BPSK converters.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; RZ-QPSK conversion; all-optical NRZ-OOK; format converter; parallel SOA-MZI OOK/BPSK converters; Binary phase shift keying; Clocks; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Phase shift keying; Probes; Pulse modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453071
