PMID- 29240136 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20180205 LR - 20181023 IS - 1539-4794 (Electronic) IS - 0146-9592 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 24 DP - 2017 Dec 15 TI - Bit-rate-transparent optical return-to-zero-to-nonreturn-to-zero format conversion based on linear spectral phase filtering of the RZ signal. PG - 5058-5061 LID - 10.1364/OL.42.005058 [doi] AB - We propose a novel and simple design for all-optical bit-rate-transparent return-to-zero (RZ)-to-nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) telecommunication data format conversion based on linear spectral phase filtering of the RZ signal. The proposed concept is numerically analyzed and experimentally validated through successful format conversion of a 640 Gbit/s coherent RZ signal into the equivalent NRZ time-domain data using a simple phase filter realized by a commercial optical waveshaper. FAU - Maram, Reza AU - Maram R FAU - Azana, Jose AU - Azana J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Opt Lett JT - Optics letters JID - 7708433 EDAT- 2017/12/15 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/15 06:01 CRDT- 2017/12/15 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/12/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/15 06:01 [medline] AID - 379209 [pii] AID - 10.1364/OL.42.005058 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Opt Lett. 2017 Dec 15;42(24):5058-5061. doi: 10.1364/OL.42.005058.