Title :
Wavelength conversion of a 160 Gb/s RZ OTDM signal in a PPLN waveguide at room temperature
Author :
Drummond, M.V. ; Reis, J.D. ; Nogueira, R.N. ; Monteiro, P.P. ; Teixeira, A.L. ; Shinada, S. ; Wada, N. ; Ito, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
We demonstrate 160 Gb/s wavelength conversion on a PPLN waveguide at room temperature. A maximum power penalty of 2.1 dB for a bit error rate of 10-9 was achieved over a wavelength range of 29 nm.
Keywords :
error statistics; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; PPLN waveguide; bit error rate; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; optical time division multiplexing; periodically poled lithium niobate; power penalty; room temperature; second harmonic generation; temperature 293 K to 298 K; wavelength 29 nm; wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Temperature; Wavelength conversion; optical time division multiplexing signals; periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307826
