Nonlinear phase noise reduction for 20-Gbit/s NRZ-QPSK signals using InP on SOI photonic crystal nanocavity

Author

Nguyen, T.H. ; Gay, M. ; Bramerie, L. ; Lengle, K. ; Peucheret, C. ; Sentieys, O. ; Simon, J.-C. ; Bazin, A. ; Raj, R. ; Raineri, F.

Author_Institution

FOTON Lab., Univ. of Rennes 1, Lannion, France

fYear

2015

fDate

22-26 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

All-optical nonlinear phase noise reduction using an InP-over-SOI PhC nanocavity is experimentally demonstrated for 20-Gbit/s NRZ-QPSK signals. The phase-preserving intensity-limiting function results in an OSNR penalty reduction of 3.5 dB at a BER of 10^-3.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; error statistics; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; nanophotonics; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical information processing; phase noise; photonic crystals; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon-on-insulator; BER; InP-Si; NRZ-QPSK signals; OSNR penalty reduction; PhC; SOI photonic crystal nanocavity; all-optical nonlinear phase noise reduction; bit error rate; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; nonreturn-to-zero; optical signal-to-noise ratio; phase-preserving intensity-limiting function; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon-on-insulator; Bit error rate; Cavity resonators; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Type

conf

Filename

7121816