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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2005.16.1.027

New wavelength converter for optical NRZ data signal using SOA-loop-mirror  

Lee, Hyuek-Jae (Division of Information and Communication, Kyungnam University)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.16, no.1, 2005 , pp. 27-33 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a new wavelength converter using an SOA(Semiconductor Optical Amplifier)-loop-mirror for NRZ(NonReturn to Zero) optical data has been proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Conventional nonlinear fiber-loop-mirror methods can perform RZ-to-RZ, NRZ-to-RZ, and RZ-to-NRZ data format conversion, but NRZ-to-NRZ conversion has not been demonstrated until now. The experiment for the conversion from a 1300 nm NRZ data signal at 1.5 Gbps to a 1550 nm NRZ data one is successfully performed using a fiber-loop-mirror with 1300 nm-SOA.
Keywords
fiber loop mirror; semiconductor optical amplifier; nonlinear loop mirror; data format converter;
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