• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 8, Issue 1, 56 (2012)
Bo-lin ZHANG and Mu-ping SONG*
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-012-1114-3 Cite this Article
    ZHANG Bo-lin, SONG Mu-ping. Theoretical study of all-optical NRZ to RZ format conversion with tunable pulse width based on XPM in a silicon waveguide[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(1): 56 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An all-optical format conversion from non-return-to-zero (NRZ) to return-to-zero (RZ) is presented based on cross-phase modulation (XPM) in a silicon waveguide with a detuned optical bandpass filter (OBPF). The simulation results show that the tunable bandwidth of the OBPF leads to RZ signals with tunable pulse width. The conversion efficiency (CE) and the pattern effect of the RZ signal are attributed to the parameters of the pump pulse and the OBPF. The converted RZ signal exhibits lower timing jitter than the NRZ signal.
    ZHANG Bo-lin, SONG Mu-ping. Theoretical study of all-optical NRZ to RZ format conversion with tunable pulse width based on XPM in a silicon waveguide[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2012, 8(1): 56
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