Nonlinear Effects in Photonic Materials - Abstract
Schmidt-Langhorst, Carsten
In future optical networks there will be a coexistence of different modulation formats in different parts of the network. Those domains with different modulation formats should be transparently connected, which requires all-optical data format conversion. We report an all-optical OOK to DPSK format converter based on highly-nonlinear fiber. The format converter was successfully operated up to 160 Gbit/s, achieving error-free performance after transmission over 320 km fiber with mid-span OOK to DPSK conversion.