All-optical 42.6 Gbit/s NRZ to RZ format conversion by cross-phase modulation in single SOA

X. Yang, A.K. Mishra, R.J. Manning, R.P. Webb, A.D. Ellis

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Abstract

A 42.6 Gbit/s all-optical non-retum-to-zero (NRZ) to return-to-zero (RZ) format converter using a single SOA followed by an asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometer is presented. The format converter generates a correctly-coded RZ signal with a controllable duty-cycle. It has the advantages of flexible input N RZ wavelength, preserved input polarity, negative bit error rate power penalty and low switching pulse energy (15fJ).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)890-892
Number of pages3
JournalElectronics letters
Volume43
Issue number16
Early online date2 Aug 2007
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Aug 2007

Keywords

  • encoding
  • modulation
  • optical fibre communication
  • semiconductor optical amplifiers

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