All-optical modulation format conversion from NRZ-OOK to RZ-QPSK using parallel SOA-MZI OOK/BPSK converters

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 7774-7785

  Mishina, Ken ^a   Nissanka, Suresh M ^a   Maruta, Akihiro ^a   Mitani, Shunsuke ^b   Ishida, Kazuyuki ^b   Shimizu, Katsuhiro ^b   Hatta, Tatsuo ^a,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

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

DECODED CHANNELS; RATE EQUATION; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 34250196500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007774     Document Type: Article

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