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V.j.f. Rancaño

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Polarization insensitive wavelength conversion of 40 Gb/s DPSK signals in a silicon germanium waveguide

2015

We demonstrate polarization insensitive FWM-based wavelength conversion of 40Gb/s DPSK signals in a SiGe waveguide, with 0.42-dB polarization-dependent loss. A 1.5-dB Dower nenaltv was measured at a BER of 10−9.

Materials scienceSiliconbusiness.industrychemistry.chemical_elementNonlinear opticsGermaniumPolarization (waves)Silicon-germaniumchemistry.chemical_compoundOpticschemistryCMOSWavelength-division multiplexingbusinessPhase-shift keying
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Polarization Insensitive Wavelength Conversion in a Low-Birefringence SiGe Waveguide

2016

We report the first demonstration of a single-pass dual-orthogonal-pump four-wave mixing-based wavelength conversion scheme in a silicon-based waveguide. The silicon germanium waveguide used was designed to exhibit strong TE/TM mode similarity across a broad wavelength range as well as a large nonlinear coefficient. A polarization-dependent loss of just 0.42 dB was measured, and the conversion of 40-Gb/s differential phase-shift keying signals was demonstrated with 1.5-dB power penalty at a bit error ratio of $10^{-9}$ .

Silicon photonicsMaterials scienceBirefringenceSiliconbusiness.industryPhysics::Opticschemistry.chemical_elementOptical polarization02 engineering and technologyPolarization (waves)Waveguide (optics)Atomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSilicon-germaniumchemistry.chemical_compound020210 optoelectronics & photonicsZero-dispersion wavelengthOpticschemistry0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringOptoelectronicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringbusinessIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
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