All-optical format conversion from NRZ-OOK to RZ-BPSK using SOA-MZI wavelength converter

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mishina, Ken ^a   Maruta, Akihiro ^a   Mitani, Shunsuke ^b   Miyahara, Toshiharu ^b,c   Ishida, Kazuyuki ^b   Shimizu, Katsuhiro ^b   Hatta, Tktsuo ^a,b,c   Motoshima, Kuniaki ^b,c   Kitayama, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association (OITDA)   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION;

ERROR FREE CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33845359588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2006.215685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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