All-optical wavelength conversion using mode switching in InP microdisc laser

Author

Hofrichter, Jens ; Raz, Oded ; Liu, L. ; Morthier, Geert ; Horst, Folkert ; Regreny, P. ; de Vries, T. ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Offrein, Bert Jan

Author_Institution

IBM Res. - Zurich, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

Volume

47

Issue

16

fYear

2011

Firstpage

927

Lastpage

929

Abstract

Wavelength conversion using an indium phosphide based microdisc laser (MDL) heterogeneously integrated on a silicon-on-insulator waveguide is reported. Several lasing modes are present within the disc cavity, between which wavelength conversion can be performed by mode switching and spectral filtering. For the first time, low-power wavelength up- and downconversion using one single MDL is demonstrated. Operation with a bit error rate below 10^-9 at 2.5 Gbit/s and operation below the forward-error-correction limit of 10^-3 at 10 Gbit/s are shown without the use of additional seeding beams.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; microdisc lasers; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor lasers; silicon-on-insulator; InP; Si; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit error rate; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; disc cavity; forward-error-correction limit; indium phosphide based microdisc laser; lasing modes; low-power wavelength down-conversion; low-power wavelength up-conversion; mode switching; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; spectral filtering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2011.1602

Filename

5980038