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Wide range operation of an all-optical NRZ-DPSK-to-RZ-DPSK regenerative waveform–wavelength conversion with flexible width-tunability

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For the first time, we demonstrated a wide range operation of an all-optical non-return-to-zero (NRZ)-differential-phase-shift-keying (DPSK)-to-return-to-zero (RZ)-DPSK waveform–wavelength conversion with flexible picosecond width-tunablity and regenerative functionality. The scheme is based on a Raman amplifier soliton compressor (RASC) and a fiber-based four-wave mixing (FWM) AND-gate. In the first demonstration, we demonstrated waveform–wavelength conversion of a 10-Gb/s DPSK signal without input signal degradation over 54-nm input–output wavelength ranges. The measurement results of the converted RZ-DPSK signal are pedestal-free, and its converted pulse width from 13.0 to 2.87-ps can be adjusted by tuning the Raman pump power between 0.20 and 0.90 W. An investigation of the regenerative waveform–wavelength conversion is further conducted at different Raman pump power settings over 40-km standard single-mode fibers without dispersion compensation. Error-free operation with a low power penalty less than \(-1.95\) dB is obtained for the RZ-DPSK regenerated converted signal.

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This work was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24360148.

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    Irneza Ismail, Quang Nguyen-The, Motoharu Matsuura, Gazi Mohammad Sharif & Naoto Kishi

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Ismail, I., Nguyen-The, Q., Matsuura, M. et al. Wide range operation of an all-optical NRZ-DPSK-to-RZ-DPSK regenerative waveform–wavelength conversion with flexible width-tunability. Opt Rev 22, 489–495 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-015-0089-2

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