Title :
Wavelength conversion via FWM in a silicon ring resonator at 10 Gb/s for DPSK signals
Author :
Li, F. ; Pelusi, M. ; Xu, D.-X. ; Ma, R. ; Janz, S. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Moss, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s for differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK) data in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon ring resonator. Error-free operation with a system penalty of ~ 4.1 dB at 10-9 BER is achieved.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical resonators; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; C-band; DPSK signals; FWM; Si; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; differential phase-shift keyed data; error-free operation; four-wave mixing; silicon ring resonator; system penalty; Adaptive optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical ring resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
