Abstract
Multichannel wavelength conversion is experimentally demonstrated for high-speed 128 Gb/s dual-polarization quadrature phase-shift keying signals using four-wave mixing in a polarization diversity circuit with silicon nanowires as nonlinear elements. The wavelength conversion performance is investigated for both single-and three-channel input signals, showing quality factors well >9.8 dB (corresponding to bit-error-ratios better than 10(-3)) and with a negligible power penalty compared with the back-to-back case.
Original language | English |
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Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 411-414 |
ISSN | 1041-1135 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
- Photonics and Electrooptics
- Bandwidth
- four-wave mixing
- Optical noise
- Optical wavelength conversion
- Phase shift keying
- photonic integrated devices
- Signal to noise ratio
- Silicon
- Wavelength converters
- wavelength division multiplexing
- ENGINEERING,
- OPTICS
- PHYSICS,
- WAVE-GUIDES
- Detector circuits
- Four wave mixing
- Nanowires
- Phase shift
- Phase shifters
- Polarization
- Wavelength division multiplexing
- Bit error ratio (BER)
- Dual-polarizations
- Nonlinear elements
- Photonic integrated devices
- Polarization diversity
- Quality factors
- Silicon nanowires
- Wavelength converter
- Quadrature phase shift keying