By spectrally and temporally reshaping the gain-window of a traveling-wave semiconductor optical amplifier (TWSOA) with a backward injected multi- or single-wavelength inverse-optical-comb, we theoretically and experimentally investigate the dynamic frequency chirp of the all-optical 10GBit/s Return-to-Zero (RZ) data-stream format-converted from the TWSOA under strong cross-gain depletion schem...

We demonstrate the conversion of a nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ)-formatted electrical data stream into a wavelength-tunable return-to-zero (RZ)-formatted optical pulse code by externally seeding a synchronously sinusoidal-modulated Fabry-Perot laser diode (FPLD) with optical pseudorandom binary-sequence data at 10 Gbits/s (Gbps). The FPLD without a dc-biased current was modulated by use of a power-am...

acetone fractionated peroxidase from crude extract of brassica oleracea leaves (cabbage) was purified in three steps on chromatographic columns, using sp-sepharose, deae-sepharose and con a-sepharose. the specific activity of purified main isoenzyme (boc-pod) is 1887 u/mg protein with rz: 3.1, which is 172 times more than the rz of crude extract with 4.3% recovery. the molecular weight of boc-p...

Human tumor cell progression and metastasis are partially dependent on the ability of a tumor cell to adhere to the proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and survive at the distant location. Six novel D-amino acid-containing peptides were analyzed for their ability to adhere to human prostate tumor cells, support tumor cell adhesion, and inhibit tumor cell adhesion to ECM proteins or human...

To test the hypothesis that cortical remapping supports phantom sensations, we examined referred phantom sensations and cortical activation in humans after spinal-cord injury (SCI) at the thoracic level (T3-T12). Of 12 SCI subjects, 9 reported phantom sensations, and 2 reported referred phantom sensations. In both of these subjects, referred phantom sensations were evoked by contact in referenc...

Return-to-Zero (RZ) and Non-Return-to-Zero (NRZ) Differential Phase Shift Keyed (DPSK) systems require cheap and optimal transmitters for widespread implementation. The authors report on a gain switched Discrete Mode (DM) laser that can be employed as a cost efficient transmitter in a 10.7 Gb/s RZ DPSK system and compare its performance to that of a gain switched Distributed Feed-Back (DFB) las...

In this paper, we will focus on the modulation format used to create the optical pulses, which are return-to-zero (RZ), and non-return-to-zero (NRZ). Bit error rate (BER) performance is evaluated based on double weight (DW) code. Optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) system is considered a promising technique for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) access networks. The performance of RZ against NR...

In this paper, we consider a problem of investigating the dependence of ∥∥∥P(Rz)−αP(rz)+β {( R+1 r +1 )n −|α | ∥∥∥ p on ‖P(z)‖p for arbitrary real or complex numbers α , β with |α | 1 , |β | 1 , R > r 1 , p > 0 and present certain sharp compact generalizations of some well-known Zygmund-type inequalities for polynomials, from which a variety of interesting results follows as special cases. Math...

A new and simple bit transition detection technique for non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signals is described. The bit transition detector uses MOSFET transistor’s nonlinearity to extract return-to-zero (RZ) signals from NRZ signals. The resulting RZ signals can be used for injection-locking an oscillator, performing clock synchronization. A 10Gbps injection-locked clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit...