Title :
Polarization insensitive wavelength conversion of 40 Gb/s DPSK signals in a silicon germanium waveguide
Author :
Ettabib, M.A. ; Rancano, V.J.F. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Kapsalis, A. ; Bogris, A. ; Bottrill, K. ; Belal, M. ; Brun, M. ; Labeye, P. ; Nicoletti, S. ; Hammani, K. ; Syvridis, D. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Petropoulos, P.
Author_Institution :
OptoelectronicsResearch Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate polarization insensitive FWM-based wavelength conversion of 40Gb/s DPSK signals in a SiGe waveguide, with 0.42-dB polarization-dependent loss. A 1.5-dB Dower nenaltv was measured at a BER of 10-9.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; differential phase shift keying; error statistics; light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; BER; DPSK signals; Dower penaltv; SiGe; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; loss 0.42 dB; polarization insensitive FWM-based wavelength conversion; polarization insensitive wavelength conversion; polarization-dependent loss; silicon germanium waveguide; CMOS integrated circuits; Decision support systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Phase shift keying; Silicon; Silicon germanium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
