Title :
Tunable all-optical wavelength conversion of 160 Gbit/s RZ signals based on cascaded SFG-DFG in PPLN waveguide
Author :
Furukawa, Hideaki ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ; Wada, Naoya ; Shinada, Satoshi ; Tsuboya, Hiroshi ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commnun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We first report on error-free tunable all-optical wavelength conversion of 160 Gbit/s return-to-zero signals based on cascaded sum-frequency and difference-frequency generation in a periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide. The BER of less than 10-9 is achieved in 23 nm tuning range.
Keywords :
error statistics; lithium compounds; optical fibre communication; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical tuning; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; 160 Gbit/s; BER; LiNbO3; PPLN waveguide; RZ signals; all-optical wavelength conversion; cascaded SFG-DFG; difference-frequency generation; optical tuning; periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguide; return-to-zero signals; sum-frequency generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Signal generators; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215664
