Title :
All Optical Tunable Wavelength Conversion at ≫160 Gb/s
Author :
Furukawa, Hideaki ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ; Wada, Naoya ; Shinada, Satoshi ; Tsuboya, Hiroshi ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo
Abstract :
We describe error-free 160 Gb/s tunable all-optical wavelength conversion using cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation in periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide. By using spectral-shaping, the BER of less than 10-9 is achieved in 23 nm tuning-range.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; LiNbO3 - System; all optical tunable wavelength conversion; cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation; periodically poled waveguide; spectral shaping; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348804
