Optimally-designed single fiber Bragg grating filter scheme for RZ-OOK/DPSK/DQPSK to NRZ-OOK/DPSK/DQPSK format conversion

Hui Cao, Xuewen Shu, Javid Atai, Adenowo Gbadebo, Bangyun Xiong, Ting Fan, Haishu Tang, Weili Yang, Yu Yu

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Abstract

We investigate return-to-zero (RZ) to non-return-to-zero (NRZ) format conversion by means of the linear time-invariant system theory. It is shown that the problem of converting random RZ stream to NRZ stream can be reduced to constructing an appropriate transfer function for the linear filter. This approach is then used to propose novel optimally-designed single fiber Bragg grating (FBG) filter scheme for RZ-OOK/DPSK/DQPSK to NRZ-OOK/DPSK/DQPSK format conversion. The spectral response of the FBG is designed according to the optical spectra of the algebraic difference between isolated NRZ and RZ pulses, and the filter order is optimized for the maximum Q-factor of the output NRZ signals. Experimental results as well as simulations show that such an optimallydesigned FBG can successfully perform RZ-OOK/DPSK/DQPSK to NRZOOK/ DPSK/DQPSK format conversion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30442-30460
Number of pages19
JournalOptics Express
Volume22
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2014

Bibliographical note

Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant 61178030), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (grant S201101000122), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (HUST: 2013TS047.

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