Title :
Wide-band tunable SFG-DFG wavelength conversion in efficient LN-QPM adhered ridge waveguide
Author :
Sugiura, Kaori ; Kikuchi, Kiyofumi ; Tanizawa, Ken ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Kuwatsuka, Haruhiko ; Namiki, Shu ; Nakajima, Hirochika ; Ichikawa, Junichiro
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for Mater. Sci. (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate wide wavelength-tuning range of 40 nm over C band in SFG-DFG wavelength conversion using efficient QPM-ARW module. Power penalty lower than 0.6 dB was obtained for 43-Gbit/s NRZ-OOK signal.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; optical tuning; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; ridge waveguides; LN-QPM adhered ridge waveguide; LiNbO3; NRZ-OOK signal; QPM-ARW module; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; optical difference frequency generation; power penalty; sum frequency generation; wavelength 40 nm; wavelength-tuning; wideband tunable SFG-DFG wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Frequency conversion; Lithium niobate; Optical fiber networks; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
