Title :
Wavelength Conversion of a 9.35-Gb/s RZ OOK Signal in an InP Photonic Crystal Nanocavity
Author :
Vukovic, Dragana ; Yi Yu ; Heuck, Mikkel ; Ek, S. ; Kuznetsova, Nadezda ; Colman, Pierre ; Palushani, Evarist ; Jing Xu ; Yvind, Kresten ; Oxenlowe, Leif K. ; Mork, Jesper ; Peucheret, Christophe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Wavelength conversion of a 10-Gb/s (9.35 Gb/s net rate) return-to-zero ON-OFF keying signal is demonstrated using a simple InP photonic crystal H0 nanocavity with Lorentzian line shape. The shifting of the resonance induced by the generation of free-carriers enables the pump intensity modulation to be transferred to a continuous-wave probe with a sufficiently high quality so that the converted signal can be detected with a conventional telecommunication receiver. A clear eye diagram is observed for the converted signal showing a pre-forward error correction bit-error-ratio down to 10-3.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; error statistics; forward error correction; nanophotonics; photonic crystals; InP; Lorentzian line shape; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; clear eye diagram; continuous-wave probe; conventional telecommunication receiver; photonic crystal nanocavity; pre-forward error correction bit-error-ratio; pump intensity modulation; return-to-zero on-off keying signal; wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Cavity resonators; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystals; Probes; Cavity resonators; nanophotonics; optical switches; photonic crystals;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2013.2291965
