Title :
Multiformat wavelength swapping in periodically poled Lithium Niobate waveguide
Author :
Berrettini, G. ; Malacarne, Antonio ; Lazzeri, E. ; Meloni, Gianluca ; Bogoni, Antonella
Author_Institution :
TeCIP, Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Multiformat wavelength swapping is demonstrated. The operation is achieved at packet level through second order nonlinearities in PPLN waveguide. The experimental validation is provided by BER measurements using 40Gb/s DQPSK and 10Gb/s OOK signals.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; next generation networks; quadrature phase shift keying; waveguides; BER measurements; DQPSK; OOK signals; PPLN waveguide; multiformat wavelength swapping; next generation optical networks; periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide; second order nonlinearities; Bit error rate; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
