All-optical wavelength conversion and multicasting for polarization-multiplexed signal using angled pumps in a silicon waveguide

被引:23
作者
Xie, Yanqiao [1 ]
Gao, Shiming [1 ]
He, Sailing [1 ]
机构
[1] Zhejiang Univ, Ctr Opt & Electromagnet Res, State Key Lab Modern Opt Instrumentat, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
TRANSMISSION;
D O I
10.1364/OL.37.001898
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report all-optical wavelength conversion and multicasting for a 20 Gb/s (2 x 10 Gb/s) polarization-multiplexed (Pol-MUX) nonreturn-to-zero amplitude-shift keying signal using four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon waveguide. The temporal waveforms and eye diagrams demodulated from both polarization channels of the converted idler are clearly observed. Moreover, the wavelength multicasting of the Pol-MUX signal is also demonstrated by using two incident pumps. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America
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页码:1898 / 1900
页数:3
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