论文信息 - All-optical 42.6 Gbit=s NRZ to RZ format conversion by cross-phase modulation in single SOA

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

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).

Andrew D. Ellis | Robert J. Manning | Xuelin Yang | A. K. Mishra | R. P. Webb

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