Error-free wavelength conversion at 160 Gbit/s in PPLN waveguide at room temperature

Drummond, M. V. ; Ito, H. ; Nogueira, R.N. ; Reis, J.D. ; Monteiro, P. ; Teixeira, A. ; Wada, N.

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation Vol. 45, Nº 22, pp. 1135 - 1137, October, 2009.

ISSN (print): 0263-2241
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Journal Impact Factor: 0,662 (in 2008)

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1049/el.2009.2383

Abstract

Tunable wavelength conversion of a 160 Gbit/s signal by means of cascaded sum frequency generation/difference frequency generation was performed on a periodically-poled lithium niobate waveguide. Operation at room temperature (25°C) is demonstrated. A maximum power penalty of 2.1 dB for a bit error rate of 10−9 was achieved over a wavelength range of 29 nm.

Optics and Photonics

Error-free wavelength conversion at 160 Gbit/s in PPLN waveguide at room temperature