All-optical tunable delay with NRZ-to-RZ format conversion capability based on optical Kerr switch and pulse pre-chirping

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3770-3775

  Kuo, Bill Ping Piu ^a   Chui, P C ^a   Wong, Kenneth K K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cross polarization modulation; Dispersion compensation; Optical delay

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MODULATION; POLARIZATION;

ALL-OPTICAL; CONTENTION RESOLUTIONS; CROSS-POLARIZATION MODULATION; FORMAT CONVERSIONS; GROUP-VELOCITY DISPERSIONS; HIGH THROUGHPUTS; IN FIBERS; NON RETURN ZEROS; OPTICAL DELAY; OPTICAL ROUTING; TIMING SYNCHRONIZATIONS; WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; WIDEBAND OPERATIONS; WIDELY TUNABLE;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 60949087600     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2004928     Document Type: Article

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