All-optical format conversion from NRZ to BPSK using a single saturated SOA

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2368-2370

  Yan, Cishuo ^a   Su, Yikai ^a   Yi, Lilin ^a   Leng, Lufeng ^b   Tian, Xiangqing ^a   Xu, Xinyu ^a   Tian, Yue ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude shift keying (ASK); Format conversion; Phase shift keying (PSK); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL FORMAT CONVERSION; AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FORMAT CONVERSION; NON-RETURN-TO-ZERO; NRZ SIGNALS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 35348949133     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.885633     Document Type: Article

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