Title :
FWM-based wavelength conversion in a silicon germanium waveguide
Author :
Ettabib, Mohamed A. ; Hammani, Kamal ; Parmigiani, F. ; Jones, Lewis ; Kapsalis, Alexandros ; Bogris, Adonis ; Syvridis, Dimitris ; Brun, Marcel ; Labeye, P. ; Nicoletti, S. ; Petropoulos, P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate four-wave mixing based wavelength conversion of 40 Gbaud DPSK and QPSK signals in a 2.5-cm long silicon germanium waveguide with a nonlinearity coefficient of 25.8/W/m.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; multiwave mixing; quadrature phase shift keying; waveguides; DPSK signal; FWM based wavelength conversion; QPSK signal; four wave mixing based wavelength conversion; nonlinearity coefficient; silicon germanium waveguide; size 2.5 cm; Bit error rate; Differential phase shift keying; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Phase shift keying; Silicon; Silicon germanium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
