C Lacava, M A Ettabib, I Cristiani, J M Fedeli, D J Richardson, P Petropoulos Ultra-Compact Amorphous Silicon Waveguide for Wavelength Conversion Journal Article IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 28 (4), pp. 410–413, 2016. Abstract | Links | Tags: BSPK, nonlinear optics, QPSK, Silicon photonics, wavelength converter @article{Lacava2016,
title = {Ultra-Compact Amorphous Silicon Waveguide for Wavelength Conversion},
author = {C Lacava and M A Ettabib and I Cristiani and J M Fedeli and D J Richardson and P Petropoulos},
doi = {10.1109/LPT.2015.2496758},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Photonics Technology Letters},
volume = {28},
number = {4},
pages = {410--413},
abstract = {In this letter, we demonstrate, for the first time, successful four wave mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion of binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) and quadrature phase shift keyed (QPSK) signals, at 20-Gb/s bitrate, in a 1-mm long amorphous silicon waveguide. A maximum FWM-efficiency of -26 dB was achieved by employing a pump power of just 70 mW, establishing this technology as a contender for the development of ultra-compact, low power, silicon photonics wavelength converter. Bit error ratio measurements demonstrated successful conversion with less than 1 dB penalty level, for both BPSK and QPSK signals (at BER = 10-5).},
keywords = {BSPK, nonlinear optics, QPSK, Silicon photonics, wavelength converter},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
In this letter, we demonstrate, for the first time, successful four wave mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion of binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) and quadrature phase shift keyed (QPSK) signals, at 20-Gb/s bitrate, in a 1-mm long amorphous silicon waveguide. A maximum FWM-efficiency of -26 dB was achieved by employing a pump power of just 70 mW, establishing this technology as a contender for the development of ultra-compact, low power, silicon photonics wavelength converter. Bit error ratio measurements demonstrated successful conversion with less than 1 dB penalty level, for both BPSK and QPSK signals (at BER = 10-5). |
