CW pumped wavelength conversion of 40 Gb/s DPSK and 160 Gb/s OOK signals in a Chalcogenide glass chip

Author

Pelusi, M.D. ; Luan, F. ; Madden, S.J. ; Choi, D.Y. ; Bulla, D.A.P. ; Luther-Davies, B. ; Eggleton, B.J.

Author_Institution

ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

13-17 July 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate broadband wavelength conversion of amplitude and phase-shift keyed signals at 40-160 Gb/s using the optical Kerr-effect in a photonic chip for the first time. This is enabled by a dispersion-shifted, highly nonlinear As₂S₃ waveguide.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; differential phase shift keying; electro-optical modulation; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical glass; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; ternary semiconductors; As₂S₃; CW pumped broadband wavelength conversion; DPSK signal; OOK signal; amplitude-shift keyed signal; bit rate 40 Gbit/s to 160 Gbit/s; dispersion-shifted fiber; nonlinear waveguide; optical Kerr-effect; phase-shift keyed signal; photonic chip; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4102-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4103-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OECC.2009.5217781

Filename

5217781