DocumentCode
608704
Title
100 nm-bandwidth positive-efficiency wavelength conversion for m-PSK and m-QAM signals in QD-SOA
Author
Contestabile, G. ; Yoshida, Yutaka ; Maruta, Akihiro ; Kitayama, K.
Author_Institution
Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy
fYear
2013
fDate
17-21 March 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We show wavelength-conversion over 100 nm-span in full S- and C-band with positive conversion-efficiency by low-power double-pump Four-Wave-Mixing in a QD-SOA. We demonstrate full format transparency in C-band using QPSK, 8-PSK and 16-QAM coherent signals.
Keywords
multiwave mixing; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum dots; 16-QAM coherent signals; 8-PSK coherent signals; QD-SOA; QPSK coherent signals; low-power double-pump four-wave-mixing; positive conversion efficiency; positive efficiency wavelength conversion; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; quantum dots-semiconductor optical amplifiers; Gain; Modulation; Optical pumping; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
Filename
6532844
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