40 Gbps Data Format Conversion From RZ to NRZ Using Single SOA Assisted by Optical Band-pass Filter

XIE Yi-yuan; CHE Hong-jun; YANG Zhu; ZHAN Ming; GUO Jing

doi:10.3788/gzxb20144303.0306002

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