Simultaneous 4 × 10 Gb/s NRZ-to-RZ modulation format conversion in nonlinear optical loop mirror with a photonic crystal fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1825-1827

  Kwok, C H ^a,b   Lin, Chinlon ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing; Modulation format conversion; Nonlinear optical loop mirror; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION;

CROSS-PHASE MODULATION; MODULATION FORMAT CONVERSION; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL FIBER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 36248965698     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.906829     Document Type: Article

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