All-Optical Wavelength Conversion of 80 Gb/s Signal in Highly Nonlinear Serpentine Chalcogenide Planar Waveguides

Author

Ta´eed, V.G. ; Pelusi, Mark D. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Newly developed 22 cm long, serpentine shaped As₂S₃ waveguide exhibiting record low loss of 0.05 dB/cm and ultra-high nonlinearity of 1700 W^-1km^-1 enables all-optical wavelength conversion of an 80 Gb/s return-to-zero signal via cross-phase modulation.

Keywords

arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical glass; optical planar waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; self-phase modulation; As₂S₃; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear serpentine chalcogenide planar waveguides; optical loss; return-to-zero signal; serpentine shaped waveguide; size 22 cm; ultra-high Kerr nonlinearity; Fiber nonlinear optics; Glass; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Planar waveguides; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528380

Filename

4528380