Width and wavelength-tunable optical RZ pulse generation and RZ-to-NRZ format conversion at 10 GHz using spectral line-by-line control

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2733-2735

  Jiang, Zhi ^a   Leaird, Daniel E ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Format conversion; Line by line pulse shaping; Mode locked laser; Nonreturn to zero (NRZ); Optical fiber communication; Return to zero (RZ)

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FORMAT CONVERSION; LINE-BY-LINE PULSE SHAPING; NONRETURN-TO-ZERO (NRZ); OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 29244478928     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.858077     Document Type: Article

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