Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528380
