Transmission performance of a wavelength and NRZ-to-RZ format conversion with pulsewidth tunability by combination of SOA- and fiber-based switches

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 19063-19071

  Tan, Hung Nguyen ^a   Matsuura, Motoharu ^a   Kishi, Naoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; COUPLING WAVELENGTHS; DATA FORMAT CONVERSION; FORMAT CONVERSION; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TRANSMISSION DISTANCES; TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE; TUNABLE PULSE-WIDTH;

DATA HANDLING;

DATA PROCESSING; DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; FREQUENCIES; SWITCHES; TEXTILE FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56149121237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019063     Document Type: Article

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