All-optical format conversion of NRZ-OOK to QPSK and 16QAM signals via XPM in a SOA-MZI  

作　　者：展月英 张民 刘明涛 刘磊 陈雪 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

出　　处：《Chinese Optics Letters》2013年第3期11-14,共4页中国光学快报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61072008);the National "863"P roject of China(No.2012AA011302);the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(Nos.2009GYBZ and2009RC0401);the Beijing Municipal Education Commission Science and Technology Programs(Nos.KM200610009014 and KM201110009001)

摘　　要：This letter proposes a scheme for the format conversion of on-off keying （OOK） signal to quadrature phase-shift keying （QPSK） and 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation （16QAM） signals via cross-phase modulation （XPM） in a semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA）. Theoretical and experimental analyses of the format conversion scheme are conducted to validate its feasibility. The phase changing is obtained because of the XPM in the SOA. The QPSK and 16QAM signals are converted from the OOK signal. The performance of the 10 Gb/s format conversion system is evaluated and discussed. The receiver sensitivities of the converted QPSK and 16QAM signals after detection are 27.25 and -23.5 dBm, respectively, at a bit error rate （BER） of 10-9.This letter proposes a scheme for the format conversion of on-off keying （OOK） signal to quadrature phase-shift keying （QPSK） and 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation （16QAM） signals via cross-phase modulation （XPM） in a semiconductor optical amplifier （SOA）. Theoretical and experimental analyses of the format conversion scheme are conducted to validate its feasibility. The phase changing is obtained because of the XPM in the SOA. The QPSK and 16QAM signals are converted from the OOK signal. The performance of the 10 Gb/s format conversion system is evaluated and discussed. The receiver sensitivities of the converted QPSK and 16QAM signals after detection are 27.25 and -23.5 dBm, respectively, at a bit error rate （BER） of 10-9.

关 键 词：Phase modulation 

分 类 号：TN911.7[电子电信—通信与信息系统]