Title :
Optical signal processing in highly-nonlinear chalcogenide planar waveguides
Author :
Pelusi, Mark D. ; Ta´eed, V.G. ; Lamont, Michael R. E. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
CUDOS, Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
Bit-error rate performance of newly developed AS2S3 planar waveguides in applications of highspeed all-optical time-division demultiplexing and wavelength conversion of 40-160 Gb/s optical signals through the use of four-wave mixing and cross-phase modulation is investigated.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; demultiplexing; error statistics; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; optical planar waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; bit-error rate performance; cross-phase modulation; four-wave mixing; high-speed all-optical time-division demultiplexing; highly-nonlinear chalcogenide planar waveguides; optical signal processing; planar waveguides; wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Demultiplexing; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical planar waveguides; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Planar waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1594-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1595-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444412
