All-optical modulation format conversion from on-off-keying to multiple-level phase-shift-keying based on nonlinearity in optical fiber

G. Charlet, “Progress in optical modulation formats for high-bit rate WDM transmissions,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 12, 469–483 (2006).
[Crossref]

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

M. Serbay, C. Wree, and W. Rosenkranz, “Experimental investigation of RZ-8DPSK at 3x 10.7 Gb/s,” in Conf. Proc. of Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, 2005, WE3.

C. G. Lee, Y. J. Kim, Chul S. Park, H. J. Lee, and Chang -S. Park, “Experimental demonstration of 10-Gb/s data format conversion between NRZ and RZ using SOA-Loop-Mirror,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 834–841 (2005).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck and P. J. Winzer, “Optical phase-shift-keyed transmission,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 115–130 (2005).
[Crossref]

W. Li, M. Chen, Y. Dong, and S. Xie, “All-optical format conversion from NRZ to CSRZ and between RZ and CSRZ using SOA-based fiber loop mirror,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16, 203–205 (2004).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, “All-optical data format conversion between RZ and NRZ based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometric wavelength converter,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 308–310 (2003).
[Crossref]

W. Mao, Y. Li, M. Al-Mumim, and G. Li, “All-optical clock recovery for both RZ and NRZ data,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14, 873–875 (2002).
[Crossref]

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

W. Mao, Y. Li, M. Al-Mumim, and G. Li, “All-optical clock recovery for both RZ and NRZ data,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14, 873–875 (2002).
[Crossref]

L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, “All-optical data format conversion between RZ and NRZ based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometric wavelength converter,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 308–310 (2003).
[Crossref]

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

G. Charlet, P. Tran, H. Mardoyan, M. Lefrancois, T. Fauconnier, F. Jorge, and S. Bigo, “151×43Gb/s transmission over 4,080km based on return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift-keying,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2005, PD Th.4.1.3.

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

G. Charlet, “Progress in optical modulation formats for high-bit rate WDM transmissions,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 12, 469–483 (2006).
[Crossref]

G. Charlet, P. Tran, H. Mardoyan, M. Lefrancois, T. Fauconnier, F. Jorge, and S. Bigo, “151×43Gb/s transmission over 4,080km based on return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift-keying,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2005, PD Th.4.1.3.

W. Li, M. Chen, Y. Dong, and S. Xie, “All-optical format conversion from NRZ to CSRZ and between RZ and CSRZ using SOA-based fiber loop mirror,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16, 203–205 (2004).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

W. Li, M. Chen, Y. Dong, and S. Xie, “All-optical format conversion from NRZ to CSRZ and between RZ and CSRZ using SOA-based fiber loop mirror,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16, 203–205 (2004).
[Crossref]

P. J. Winzer and R. -J. Essiambre, “Advanced optical modulation formats,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2003, Th2.6.1.

G. Charlet, P. Tran, H. Mardoyan, M. Lefrancois, T. Fauconnier, F. Jorge, and S. Bigo, “151×43Gb/s transmission over 4,080km based on return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift-keying,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2005, PD Th.4.1.3.

C. S. Langhorst, R. Ludwig, M. Galili, B. Huettl, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “160 Gbit/s all-optical OOK to DPSK in-line format conversion,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2006, PD Th4.3.5.

C. S. Langhorst, R. Ludwig, M. Galili, B. Huettl, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “160 Gbit/s all-optical OOK to DPSK in-line format conversion,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2006, PD Th4.3.5.

L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, “All-optical data format conversion between RZ and NRZ based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometric wavelength converter,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 308–310 (2003).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck and P. J. Winzer, “Optical phase-shift-keyed transmission,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 115–130 (2005).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

A. Hasegawa and Y. Kodama, “Solitons in optical communications,” in Chapter 5 (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995).

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

C. S. Langhorst, R. Ludwig, M. Galili, B. Huettl, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “160 Gbit/s all-optical OOK to DPSK in-line format conversion,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2006, PD Th4.3.5.

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

T. Kawanishi, T. Sakamoto, and M. Izutsu, “All-optical modulation format conversion from frequency-shift-keying to phase-shift-keying by using optical double-sideband modulation technique,” in Conf. Proc. of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2005, CWO1.

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

G. Charlet, P. Tran, H. Mardoyan, M. Lefrancois, T. Fauconnier, F. Jorge, and S. Bigo, “151×43Gb/s transmission over 4,080km based on return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift-keying,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2005, PD Th.4.1.3.

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

T. Kawanishi, T. Sakamoto, and M. Izutsu, “All-optical modulation format conversion from frequency-shift-keying to phase-shift-keying by using optical double-sideband modulation technique,” in Conf. Proc. of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2005, CWO1.

C. G. Lee, Y. J. Kim, Chul S. Park, H. J. Lee, and Chang -S. Park, “Experimental demonstration of 10-Gb/s data format conversion between NRZ and RZ using SOA-Loop-Mirror,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 834–841 (2005).
[Crossref]

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

A. Hasegawa and Y. Kodama, “Solitons in optical communications,” in Chapter 5 (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995).

C. S. Langhorst, R. Ludwig, M. Galili, B. Huettl, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “160 Gbit/s all-optical OOK to DPSK in-line format conversion,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2006, PD Th4.3.5.

C. G. Lee, Y. J. Kim, Chul S. Park, H. J. Lee, and Chang -S. Park, “Experimental demonstration of 10-Gb/s data format conversion between NRZ and RZ using SOA-Loop-Mirror,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 834–841 (2005).
[Crossref]

C. G. Lee, Y. J. Kim, Chul S. Park, H. J. Lee, and Chang -S. Park, “Experimental demonstration of 10-Gb/s data format conversion between NRZ and RZ using SOA-Loop-Mirror,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 834–841 (2005).
[Crossref]

G. Charlet, P. Tran, H. Mardoyan, M. Lefrancois, T. Fauconnier, F. Jorge, and S. Bigo, “151×43Gb/s transmission over 4,080km based on return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift-keying,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2005, PD Th.4.1.3.

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

W. Mao, Y. Li, M. Al-Mumim, and G. Li, “All-optical clock recovery for both RZ and NRZ data,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14, 873–875 (2002).
[Crossref]

W. Li, M. Chen, Y. Dong, and S. Xie, “All-optical format conversion from NRZ to CSRZ and between RZ and CSRZ using SOA-based fiber loop mirror,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16, 203–205 (2004).
[Crossref]

W. Mao, Y. Li, M. Al-Mumim, and G. Li, “All-optical clock recovery for both RZ and NRZ data,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14, 873–875 (2002).
[Crossref]

C. S. Langhorst, R. Ludwig, M. Galili, B. Huettl, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “160 Gbit/s all-optical OOK to DPSK in-line format conversion,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2006, PD Th4.3.5.

W. Mao, Y. Li, M. Al-Mumim, and G. Li, “All-optical clock recovery for both RZ and NRZ data,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14, 873–875 (2002).
[Crossref]

G. Charlet, P. Tran, H. Mardoyan, M. Lefrancois, T. Fauconnier, F. Jorge, and S. Bigo, “151×43Gb/s transmission over 4,080km based on return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift-keying,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2005, PD Th.4.1.3.

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

T. Mizuochi, K. Ishida, T. Kobayashi, J. Abe, K. Kinjo, K. Motoshima, and K. Kasahara, “A comparative study of DPSK and OOK WDM transmission over transoceanic distances and their performance degradations due to nonlinear phase noise,” J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 1933–1943 (2003).
[Crossref]

C. G. Lee, Y. J. Kim, Chul S. Park, H. J. Lee, and Chang -S. Park, “Experimental demonstration of 10-Gb/s data format conversion between NRZ and RZ using SOA-Loop-Mirror,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 834–841 (2005).
[Crossref]

C. G. Lee, Y. J. Kim, Chul S. Park, H. J. Lee, and Chang -S. Park, “Experimental demonstration of 10-Gb/s data format conversion between NRZ and RZ using SOA-Loop-Mirror,” J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 834–841 (2005).
[Crossref]

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, “All-optical data format conversion between RZ and NRZ based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometric wavelength converter,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 308–310 (2003).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

M. Serbay, C. Wree, and W. Rosenkranz, “Experimental investigation of RZ-8DPSK at 3x 10.7 Gb/s,” in Conf. Proc. of Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, 2005, WE3.

T. Kawanishi, T. Sakamoto, and M. Izutsu, “All-optical modulation format conversion from frequency-shift-keying to phase-shift-keying by using optical double-sideband modulation technique,” in Conf. Proc. of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2005, CWO1.

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

C. S. Langhorst, R. Ludwig, M. Galili, B. Huettl, F. Futami, S. Watanabe, and C. Schubert, “160 Gbit/s all-optical OOK to DPSK in-line format conversion,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2006, PD Th4.3.5.

M. Serbay, C. Wree, and W. Rosenkranz, “Experimental investigation of RZ-8DPSK at 3x 10.7 Gb/s,” in Conf. Proc. of Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Annual Meeting, 2005, WE3.

K. Mishina, A. Maruta, S. Mitani, T. Miyahara, K. Ishida, K. Shimizu, T. Hatta, K. Motoshima, and K. Kitayama, “NRZ-OOK-to-RZ-BPSK modulation-format conversion using SOA-MZI wavelength converter,” J. Lightwave Technol. 24, 3751–3758 (2006).
[Crossref]

J. Slovak, C. Bornholdt, J. Klreissl, S. Bauer, M. Biletzke, M. Schlak, and B. Sartorius, “Bit rate and wavelength transparent all-optical clock recovery scheme for NRZ-coded PRBS signals,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 844–846 (2006).
[Crossref]

A. H. Gnauck, G. Raybon, S. Chandrasekhar, J. Leuthold, C. Doerr, L. Stulz, and E. Burrows, “25×40-Gb/s copolarized DPSK transmission over 12×100-km NZDF with 50-GHz channel spacing,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 467–469 (2003).
[Crossref]

G. Charlet, P. Tran, H. Mardoyan, M. Lefrancois, T. Fauconnier, F. Jorge, and S. Bigo, “151×43Gb/s transmission over 4,080km based on return-to-zero differential quadrature phase-shift-keying,” in Conf. Proc. of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 2005, PD Th.4.1.3.

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

R. A. Griffin, R. I. Johnstone, R. G. Walker, J. Hall, S. D. Wadsworth, K. Berry, A.C. Carter, M. J. Wale, J. Hughes, P. A. Jerram, and N. J. Parsons, “10 Gb/s optical differential quadrature phase shift key (DQPSK) transmission using GaAs/AlGaAs integration,” in Conf. Proc. of Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), 2002, FD6.

L. Xu, B. C. Wang, V. Baby, I. Glesk, and P. R. Prucnal, “All-optical data format conversion between RZ and NRZ based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometric wavelength converter,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 308–310 (2003).
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