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All-optical pulsewidth-tunable wavelength conversion of return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying signal

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We demonstrate the wavelength conversion of return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying (RZ-DPSK) signal with the pulsewidth-tunable operation using a Raman amplifier (RA)-based ultrashort pulse compressor and a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF)-based four-wave mixing (FWM) switch. The wavelength of the input RZ-DPSK signal is converted to new wavelengths owing to the FWM effect in HNLF. On the other hand, the pulsewidth of the wavelength-converted RZ-DPSK signal is tuned from 10 to 3 ps by using the ultrashort pulse source based on RA-based adiabatic soliton pulse compression. The bit error rate characteristics of the input RZ-DPSK and the wavelength-converted RZ-DPSK signals with different pulsewidths are measured and error-free operations are achieved in all cases. The optical spectra, autocorrelation traces, and clear and opening eye diagrams show high conversion performance with wide-range pulsewidth tunability.

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

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  1. Department of Communication Engineering and Informatics, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan

    Gazi Mohammad Sharif, Motoharu Matsuura & Naoto Kishi

  2. Faculty of Radio-Electronics, Le Quy Don Technical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Sharif, G.M., Nguyen-The, Q., Matsuura, M. et al. All-optical pulsewidth-tunable wavelength conversion of return-to-zero differential phase-shift keying signal. Opt Rev 22, 553–559 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-015-0094-5

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