Title :
Error-free wavelength conversion at 160 Gbit/s in PPLN waveguide at room temperature
Author :
Drummond, M.V. ; Reis, Jacklyn ; Nogueira, R.N. ; Monteiro, Paulo P. ; Teixeira, Antonio ; Shinada, S. ; Wada, N. ; Ito, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
Tunable wavelength conversion of a 160 Gbit/s signal by means of cascaded sum frequency generation/difference frequency generation was performed on a periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide. Operation at room temperature (25degC) is demonstrated. A maximum power penalty of 2.1 dB for a bit error rate of 10-9 was achieved over a wavelength range of 29 nm.
Keywords :
error statistics; lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical tuning; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; LiNbO3; PPLN waveguide; bit error rate; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; cascaded difference frequency generation; cascaded sum frequency generation; error-free tunable wavelength conversion; periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide; temperature 25 C; temperature 293 K to 298 K;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.2383
