All-optical single-to-dual channel non-return-to-zero to return-to-zero format converter using a periodically poled LiNbO3 and a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier

作者：Wang Jian^*; Sun Junqiang; Sun Qizhen; Wang Dalin; Zhou Minjuan; Zhang Xinliang; Huang Dexiu

来源：Optical Engineering, 2007, 46(12).

DOI：10.1117/1.2823496

• nonlinear optics
• all-optical format conversion
• non-return-to-zero
• return-to-zero
• cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation
• periodically poled LiNbO3

All-optical single-to-dual channel format converter from non-return-to-zero (NRZ) to return-to-zero (RZ) is proposed and demonstrated using cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation (SFG + DFG) in a periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) waveguide. The pump optical clock is generated from the active mode locking in a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA)-based fiber ring laser. We successfully observe 10- and 20-Gbit/s single-to-dual channel NRZ-to-RZ format conversions in the experiment.

• 出版日期2007-12
• 单位华中科技大学