DocumentCode :
1506898
Title :
Fabrication and Experimental Demonstration of a Four-Channel 
40 Gb/s TriPleX All-Optical Wavelength Conversion Platform
Author :
Stamatiadis, Christos ; Vyrsokinos, Konstantinos ; Stampoulidis, Leontios ; Lazarou, Ioannis ; Schrenk, Bernhard ; Leinse, Arne ; Heideman, Rene ; Bruinink, Christiaan ; Klein, Edwin Jan ; Avramopoulos, Hercules
Author_Institution :
Photonics Commun. Res. Lab., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Volume :
29
Issue :
12
fYear :
2011
fDate :
6/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
1886
Lastpage :
1891
Abstract :
We present a scalable circuit that performs multichannel, all-optical wavelength conversion employing semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and a densely integrated TriPleX photonic chip. The TriPleX device performs chirp filtering and signal polarity inversion with on-chip signal processing. The chip includes a total number of 40 arrays of Si3N4-SiO2 microring resonators, delay interferometers and heating elements. The total footprint of each array is 2.19 mm2 and the power consumption per integrated heater is below 80 mW. We have interconnected the TriPleX chip with SOAs and we demonstrate experimentally 4 × 40 Gb/s, parallel and wavelength tunable wavelength conversion with power penalties of less than 3 dB.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; integrated optics; laser tuning; light interferometry; micro-optics; optical arrays; optical filters; optical resonators; optical wavelength conversion; power consumption; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon compounds; Si3N4-SiO2; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; chirp filtering; delay interferometers; densely integrated TriPleX photonic chip; four-channel TriPleX all-optical wavelength conversion; heating elements; integrated heater; interconnected chip; microring resonators; on-chip signal processing; power consumption; power penalties; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal polarity inversion; wavelength tunable wavelength conversion; Optical device fabrication; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tuning; Microring resonators; optical signal processing; photonic integration; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); wavelength converters (WCs);
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0733-8724
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2011.2148692
Filename :
5759065
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