Title :
Large-scale photonic integrated circuit for multi-format regeneration and wavelength conversion
Author :
Spyropoulou, M. ; Bougioukos, M. ; Giannoulis, G. ; Kouloumentas, Ch ; Kalavrouziotis, D. ; Maziotis, A. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Harmon, R. ; Rogers, D. ; Harrison, J. ; Poustie, A. ; Maxwell, G. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens - Zografou, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We demonstrate a large-scale silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit with 4 hybridly integrated SOAs for multi-format regeneration and wavelength conversion. Power penalty improvement up to 1.5 dB is reported for degraded OOK and PSK signals.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; integrated optics; optical harmonic generation; optical wavelength conversion; phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; OOK; PSK; SOA; large-scale silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit; multi-format regeneration; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength conversion; Clocks; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
