Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1542652 | Optics Communications | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
We present a novel design for all-optical conversion from wavelength-hopping time-spreading to non-return-to-zero format using wavelength converters based on semiconductor optical amplifiers. The multi-pulse nature of the wavelength-hopping time-spreading signal is utilized to achieve efficient, high-performance format conversion without pulse replication. The operation is demonstrated with a power penalty of 1Â dB. A novel, complete design for interfacing wavelength-hopping time-spreading networks to WDM networks is also presented.
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Authors
Varghese Baby, Ivan Glesk, Yue-Kai Huang, Lei Xu, Paul R. Prucnal,