Title :
Wavelength conversion of OFDM 16-/32-/64-/128-QAM signals using four-wave mixing in a silicon waveguide
Author :
Chengcheng Gui ; Chao Li ; Xi Xiao ; Qi Yang ; Jian Wang
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We report all-optical wavelength conversion of OFDM m-QAM signals by exploiting degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon waveguide. Low penalty silicon-waveguide-based wavelength conversions of OFDM m-QAM (m=16, 32, 64, 128) signals are successfully demonstrated in the experiment.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; silicon; OFDM m-QAM signals; Si; all-optical wavelength conversion; four-wave mixing; silicon-waveguide-based wavelength conversions; Bit error rate; OFDM; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
