• DocumentCode
    1795541
  • Title

    Wavelength conversion of OFDM 16-/32-/64-/128-QAM signals using four-wave mixing in a silicon waveguide

  • Author

    Chengcheng Gui ; Chao Li ; Xi Xiao ; Qi Yang ; Jian Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    We report all-optical wavelength conversion of OFDM m-QAM signals by exploiting degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon waveguide. Low penalty silicon-waveguide-based wavelength conversions of OFDM m-QAM (m=16, 32, 64, 128) signals are successfully demonstrated in the experiment.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; silicon; OFDM m-QAM signals; Si; all-optical wavelength conversion; four-wave mixing; silicon-waveguide-based wavelength conversions; Bit error rate; OFDM; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6887981