All-optical wavelength conversion for 10 Gb/s DPSK signals in a silicon ring resonator

F. Li, Mark Pelusi, D-X. Xu, R. Ma, Siegfried Janz, Benjamin J. Eggleton, David Moss

Optics Express · 2011 · 74 citations · 31 references

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We demonstrate all-optical wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s for differential phase-shift keyed (DPSK) data signals in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon ring resonator. Error-free operation with a system penalty of ~4.1 dB at 10⁻⁹ BER is achieved.

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