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Investigation of all-optical nonreturn-to-zero-to-return-to-zero format converter based on a semiconductor optical amplifier and a reconfigurable delayed interferometer

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A simple and robust all-optical nonreturn-to-zero to return-to-zero (RZ) format converter is demonstrated and investigated using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a reconfigurable delayed interferometer. The scheme can be used to convert input signals at different bit rates and obtain converted signals with tunable duty cycles. Format conversion at 10Gb/s is achieved with a negative power penalty of 4.9dB at a bit-error rate of 109. Transmission of the converted RZ signal over a dispersion-managed fiber link of 80km results in only a small power penalty of 0.9dB. In addition, the format converter is found to be insensitive to the power fluctuation of the optical clock, as the SOA works in the saturation regime.

© 2010 Optical Society of America

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