All-Optical RZ to NRZ Format Conversion Using Single SOA Assisted by Optical Band-Pass Filter
XIE Yi-Yuan1, ZHANG Jian-Guo1,2, WANG Wei-Qiang1, YAN Shuang-Yi1, XIE Xiao-Ping1
1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 7101192Department of Electrical, Computer and Communications Engineering, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK
All-Optical RZ to NRZ Format Conversion Using Single SOA Assisted by Optical Band-Pass Filter
1State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 7101192Department of Electrical, Computer and Communications Engineering, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK
摘要We propose a novel all-optical format conversion from the return-to-zero (RZ) to the non-return-to-zero (NRZ) based on single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and optical band-pass filter (OBF). We demonstrate the proof of the principle experiment at 10Gbps by using the test SOA and OBF converter. The format conversion can be achieved with output extinction ratio of 11.51dB. The BER is 5.5i×10-9 when the power of NRZ is -10dBm. The proposed scheme is robust and potential for applications in optical networks.
Abstract：We propose a novel all-optical format conversion from the return-to-zero (RZ) to the non-return-to-zero (NRZ) based on single semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and optical band-pass filter (OBF). We demonstrate the proof of the principle experiment at 10Gbps by using the test SOA and OBF converter. The format conversion can be achieved with output extinction ratio of 11.51dB. The BER is 5.5i×10-9 when the power of NRZ is -10dBm. The proposed scheme is robust and potential for applications in optical networks.
XIE Yi-Yuan;ZHANG Jian-Guo;WANG Wei-Qiang;YAN Shuang-Yi; XIE Xiao-Ping. All-Optical RZ to NRZ Format Conversion Using Single SOA Assisted by Optical Band-Pass Filter[J]. 中国物理快报, 2008, 25(6): 2051-2054.
XIE Yi-Yuan, ZHANG Jian-Guo, WANG Wei-Qiang, YAN Shuang-Yi, XIE Xiao-Ping. All-Optical RZ to NRZ Format Conversion Using Single SOA Assisted by Optical Band-Pass Filter. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2008, 25(6): 2051-2054.
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