Title :
Flexible and transparent waveband conversion using multiple-QPM LiNbO3 waveguides
Author :
Song, Honghin ; Tadanaga, Osamu ; Umeki, Takeshi ; Tomita, Isao ; Asobe, Masaki ; Yamamoto, Shuto ; Mori, Kunihiko ; Yonenaga, Kazushige
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate flexible waveband conversion covering the entire C-band using 8-peak-multiple-QPM-LN waveguides to solve the problem of wavelength contention in a waveband-switching node. The phase-transparent conversion of a 43 Gb/s RZ-DQPK waveband signal is also confirmed.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical phase matching; optical switches; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature phase shift keying; LiNbO3; QPSK; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; difference frequency generation; flexible waveband conversion; phase modulation; phase-transparent waveband conversion; quadrature phase shift keying; quasiphase matched waveguides; waveband-switching node; wavelength contention; Bit error rate; Optical frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621404
