Single SOA based 16 DWDM channels all-optical NRZ-to-RZ format conversions with different duty cycles

doi:10.1364/OE.16.016166

Single SOA based 16 DWDM channels all-optical NRZ-to-RZ format conversions with different duty cycles

Yu Yu, Xinliang Zhang, J. B. Rosas-Fernández, Dexiu Huang, R. V. Penty, and I. H. White »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 20, pp. 16166-16171 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.016166

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We demonstrate simultaneous NRZ-to-RZ conversion for 16 DWDM channels, using a single SOA and a subsequent delay interferometer (DI) acting as a comb-like filter to control the obtained pulse-width for all of the channels. The SOA is operated in deep saturation, resulting in weak cross gain modulation and cross phase modulation induced crosstalk between different NRZ channels. By adjusting the detuning between the peaks in the DI spectrum and each corresponding carrier, good quality RZ signals with different duty cycles can be achieved. Bit-error-rate measurements show negative power penalties for the obtained RZ signals with different duty cycles. Significant timing jitter reductions for all channels show the good regenerative performance of the proposed converter.

OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(060.4080) Fiber optics and optical communications : Modulation
(070.4560) Fourier optics and signal processing : Data processing by optical means

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: June 24, 2008
Revised Manuscript: July 25, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: August 4, 2008
Published: September 26, 2008

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Yu Yu, Xinliang Zhang, J. B. Rosas-Fernández, Dexiu Huang, R. V. Penty, and I. H. White, "Single SOA based 16 DWDM channels all-optical NRZ-to-RZ format conversions with different duty cycles," Opt. Express 16, 16166-16171 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-20-16166

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